Lefever Double Barrel Vent Rib Trap (Model 4)

[James Palmer]

Anyone know anything about these? Being offered one. Not a high grade but apparently they did not make many of them.

Thanks in advance.

James

[Frank Srebro]

http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=28875

[Dave Noreen]

In 1930 and 1931 the Lefever Double Barrel Trap Gun had double triggers. From the April 1930 issue of Field & Stream --

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There were Lefever Arms Co., Inc. posters dated 1930; Oct. 1, 1930 and 1931 where it is called "The Latest Lefever Double Barrel Trap Gun" with a list price of $60.

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The next Lefever Arms Co., Inc. poster I know of is the Single Trigger poster from mid-1932 when they introduced their Non-Selective Single Trigger. That is the first poster where the Model numbers appear and the Double Trap Gun is dubbed the Model 4. The list price with the Non-Selective Single Trigger increased to $64.80. The Single Trigger Poster also includes the line "Automatic Ejector, if wanted, $10.90 extra." Also, the Hawkins pad is replaced by the new Ithaca "bridge trestle" pad.

By 1934, they appear desperate to move some of these Model 4 Double Trap Guns out and dropped the price to $43.20.

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By 1935, the Model 4 is gone from the Lefever Arms Co. paper and the new Model 5 and Model 6 Skeet Gun are added.

The DGJ reference in the link Frank Posted should be Spring 2013.

[James Palmer]

Thanks all.