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Originally Posted by Nick de Guerre (Post 306253)

The Galazan drop in gauge is indeed handy...although I have not to date seen a 12 choked that tightly.

The good news is the gun appears correct, as there are quite a few straight stocked Lefever's around that were restocked to guns originally furnished with pistol grips. The trigger guard is the dead giveaway in such instances, as the straight variety should extend way down the underside of the stock...as yours does. On pistol grip guns the guard metal terminates under the lip of the grip cap on early guns, and in front of the cap on later guns.

This is a nice find, with the less common thick butt plate. Congrats.

NDG

NDG is exactly correct regarding the tang and identifying restocks. We also see some fewer LAC factory stocked examples of tangs that appear to have started out as the shorter rounded lower profile PG tangs and had additional steel grafted to create an extension for SG, as is evident on #48944. Run short and improvise to fill an order. Not always readily apparent when a gun is higher condition - but when finishes wear... Enlarge the photo you will see the faint curved line of the original lower tang to the left of the SN# and a circular pin weld locking the scarf joint to the left of that.

Ken

Picking the gun up tomorrow, stay tuned!!

This is how I spent the fourth at my fishing cabin in the Laguna Madre!!

Yours is a tough life Mark... :rotf:

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Got the gun, definitely better than the sellers pics. My pics are not great either.

My Galazan drop in will not allow the 12 gauge section to enter the barrels at all, close, but still too tight to even wedge it into either, the left tube is ever so slightly tighter than the right. The bores are a little better than decent, and ring perfectly, all 32” of them. There is evidence of a dent removal about 6” from the bore. Gun weighs a hefty 9lbs6oz, and chambers are 2 7/8”

Very happy...super honest gun that has not been screwed with!

Nice gun! Looks all original.

Great find! And with it choked that tight it's a turkey slayer for sure. I once owned a steel barreled G similarly proportioned, but with pistol grip. I had sent it to Buck Hamlin for trigger work in the month of March, JUST before MO turkey season.

I never saw the gun again. Buck is a willful man. *s*

NDG

Gotta love any gauge with a straight grip especially a 16. Have a nice LeFever straight grip 16 myself. Congrats on a nice gun.

Congrats on the Lefever! 9 1/2 lbs! Wow. Love the straight grip. i saw this gun too online but I already spent my gun budget on a nice little Lefever 20 gauge with 30" barrels. :cool:

Nice find! Lefever made a great gun. I love all of Uncle Dan's iterations and quirks. If he wanted something different he just did it. The "Full Compensating Action" was brilliant.

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Originally Posted by Nick de Guerre (Post 306452)

I never saw the gun again. Buck is a willful man. *s*

NDG

What does that mean?