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Josh Loewensteiner 02-21-2015 04:03 PM

A Nice Lefever
 
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A dear friend of mine sent me some photos of one of his prized Lefever possessions. This is a 16ga Optimus. Two of my favorite things about these early Lefevers is the carved arrow behind the lock plates and the incredible breech ball sculpting. This gun is signed by A.E. Spangler on the lock plates. This is a thing of beauty in my eyes.....

Harold Lee Pickens 02-21-2015 04:09 PM

MAGNIFICENT!!!

wayne goerres 02-21-2015 04:17 PM

That defiantly qualifies as functional art.

Josh Loewensteiner 02-21-2015 04:29 PM

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Couple of additional photos.....

Bill Murphy 02-21-2015 05:33 PM

The safety gives this gun away as a nice "early" top lever gun, maybe 10,000 range or earlier. The LACA Chronology lists my old #9568 E Grade as the earliest known top lever gun. It is also a 16 gauge. Josh's pictured Optimus is outstanding. Do we know the serial number?

charlie cleveland 02-21-2015 09:16 PM

a thing of beauty for sure...i always had a soft spot for lefevers...this is the best one i ve ever seen... charlie

chris dawe 02-21-2015 09:30 PM

Josh this is magnificent,thank you !!!

Jay Gardner 02-21-2015 10:09 PM

Exquisite.

Dean Romig 02-21-2015 10:48 PM

The art of the checkering blows me away. Indescribable!

Mark Landskov 02-21-2015 11:31 PM

Very nice, Josh! I have had 4 Lefevers and regretted selling them:banghead:


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