Lefever Fever
 

12ga

These have wear compensating screws for the forend lug, hinge pin and opening lever.

beautiful gun Bruce, love that chain pattern

They are great shotguns. I had a very nice, unmolested 1896 vintage 'G Grade' in 12 gauge that I regret selling:banghead:

Bruce, thanks for the pictures of the wear-compensating screw designs.

lefevers are very well built shotguns..bruce s gun is one fine lookin gun...i seen a d grade 20 one time that was this nice...done ever thing but just could not come up with the money to buy it price was 3500 was a lot to me then and now...i have a ds grade 20 straight stock and my dads old e grade 10 ga..i killed a turkey with that old ten 2 years ago...i truly arrreciate bruce posting this lefever they are fine guns.... charlie

I was trying to buy guns like the ones used by George Custer. He shot a Lefever, least that is what I read. I just missed a G grade once. Then when I found this "I" grade, which was their lowest, I snapped it up and I love the gun. While very plain jane, she has the classic lines of the fine guns. This one made in 1901. Of course she has been heavily re-done.

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Beautiful lines! The little bits of wood that I call "ears" behind the top of the action next to the hinge of the opening lever often break off on Lefevers. Here I've kind of clusmily glued one back on. They are often missing and the top of the wrist is sanded down where they broke off.

I handled an Optimus not too long ago. What a wonderful piece of shotgun she was!

IMHO a fine Lefever is about as fine a gun as one can get...even when put up against a Parker. I admire Parkers, of course; but the graceful lines of the Lefever, to me, are just out of this World!

You can say that again Steve ,Lefever made wonderful gun's...I like my Parker's but I also very much like Uncle Dan's creation's as well ,I have a DS 12 bore and a another 12 bore G grade,the compensateing action is a marvel.

I almost never sell a gun and for just that reason. She was a beauty wasn't she!

Very nice gun! Bruce is that an E grade?

Jack Kuzepski

Yes, E. extractors.

I think it will be a fine addition to a my modest Parker collection. Thanks to Josh Lowensteiner who knows his Lefevers. I don't but I find them interesting. When you are stumbling through the dark, its best to have a buddy with a flashlight.