Chris, I’m a righty. When I shouldered the gun it seemed to have neutral cast. Maybe some sort of distortion in the pics, I guess. I’m going to try to work something out with the gun when I get back in town this weekend. :)

Best,
Brett

The gun I shot as well as any I own (Remington 3200) has 1/4" cast on. Never realized that for 30 years. Now I struggle with it. Mind Job

Victor, that's what I did. I really enjoy shooting those Lefever guns. My personal opinion is they have the nicest engraving of all the guns made in that time period. I also enjoy all the variations that Uncle Dan designed over the years. The guy was always looking to build a better gun and was never satisfied. I especially like the fully compensating action. Pure genius!!

I agree with Dave Noreen that it is surprising that the early style of the drop points are on a gun with a later serial number.
Lefever made lovely guns and many were made out of sequence. They are also a bargain in price grade for grade compared to Parkers.

The crack(s) in that part of the stock are interesting. I was in a friends gunshop in Bozeman and he had a nice Woodward sidelock 12ga. I picked it up and opened it and that same part of the wood broke off near the back of the sideplate and raised up considerably. We were able to look inside and see what had happened. Whatever the top section of the V-shaped main spring in the workings connected to had broken off and the spring had come up and broke that relatively thin section of wood nearly clean off. Who woulda thunk it!? Needless to say he wasn't able to sell me that one after that. Very nice gun too.

Just wondering how this ended

Thanks for asking! It turns out there were cracks in the stock. He pulled off the stock and repaired them properly with drill rods and epoxy. The repair is invisible. I made an offer but he wanted to look at the stock before accepting it. I’m going to see the gun and close the deal on Tuesday.

To any that might be interested I was able to work out a deal for the gun today. I’ll post better pictures after I pick it up next Friday.

Just wanted to say a heartfelt thanks to you all for taking the time to put me on the right path.

Best,
Brett

Great thread. Looking forward to more. Congratulations on a beautiful gun.

Brett, I’m looking forward to seeing more of that wonderful little gun.