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Originally Posted by Mike Franzen (Post 103603)

Wayne, I can tell the Parker Fever you recently contracted has turned into a full blown case of Double Barrel Mania. You see what the rest of your life is going to be like? You won't be able to stay out of gun shops, pawn shops, flea markets, auctions or websites. There are even reports coming in now that there is new strain affecting those of us who have this condition and it drives the sufferer to using yard sales to relieve the cravings. :eek: That "Lay Away" tactic only serves to make things worse :nono: I'll bet a round of drinks he can't leave that beautiful, gorgeous, hard shooting, much coveted Nitro in Lay Away til the end of the month :rotf:

I pretty much live at the gun shop anyway. Now I just have to go check out the double gun rack, as well as the used revolver cabinet. :)

And you win the bet, but it didn't last until the end of week. I don't know about "beautiful" but it does have what we on the revolver boards call "honest wear." Most of the blueing is gone, and it looks like someone tried to clean the patina off, but it just reminds me of a lot of guns the old timers used when I was a youngster. It's rough outside, but mechancially it seems sound, and the bores are bright.

A few pictures, a little better than the cell phone ones.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ps5e354dfa.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ps16fd6c95.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ps52f61672.jpg

The wood really looks nice from this side.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ps8148b7f2.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...ps64ee9377.jpg

It won't win a beauty contest, that's for sure, but who knows. Maybe it will become a project gun somewhere down the line.

Excellent! I'm sure everyone is happy you got the gun. I like the looks of it.

Lefever Nitro Special Choke Markings

Just acquired one 16 double with choke markings of 2 and 4 on the bottom of the Barrels. Nice appearing 1927 era gun. Might need to order spreader loads for this one but much lighter than my Parker.

My first double was my dad's 16 ga Nitro Special that he had V,L & A's in Chicago bore out to modified and improved cylinder. I was twelve when it turned up under the Christmas tree. :rotf: It has a lot of drop in the stock.
I've wound up with two twelves, that 16, a twenty and a .410 that needs a restock. :crying:

the lefever nitro express is a good gun for the money i compare it too a stevens double tough and dependable...this old gun will serve you well....charlie

I dont know what it is with people calling the Nitro Special a Nitro "Express". There are multiple sellers at any given time on GB listing these guns this way. The word "Express" is not on these guns anywhere. So i wonder where it comes from.
Maybe it is some ultra rare varient made by Remington.

"Nitro Express" was Remington's progressive burning powder load from its introduction in the 1920s --

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psm02t7f2l.jpg

into the 1930s when they got Kleanbore priming --

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psjmhl4w2x.jpg

and by the mid 1930s the one-piece boxes --

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...ps2p0pib8o.jpg

When they switched to the red and green boxes it became the "Remington Express" loads --

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...psr3qzfo4m.jpg