I have always had a soft spot for Ithaca Lefever A grades. I think they are dressed up just enough from a Nitro Special platform to make them a pretty attractive gun that one can be proud to own. There were 6 different models of these made and none was nicer than the Model 6 Skeet. Fitted with 26" barrels, skeet chokes, large BTFE, Ejectors and Single Trigger.
This is a model 6 Skeet gun of mine in 12g. I picked it up a couple years back in pretty rough condition. A while before that I owned a Model 5 A grade but eventually sold it and later regretted it. I told myself that the next chance I had to buy an A grade, I would. And this was the one. When the bidding war ened and the dust settled, I paid a little more than I should given the condition, but I really wanted it. The wood was beat and very oil soaked, barrels had a loose bottom rib back by the forend lug, the frame was buffed silver and the ejectors did not work properly. On and off, I have been picking away at the work on it when I could find the time.
The gun has been restocked, barrels repaired and rust blued, New screws made for the frame and then case coloring. I finally got the chance to put the action back together. Anyone who has farted with Nitro Specials knows it is a pain in rear to reassemble the hammers and mainsprings back into the frames. I just kept putting it off.
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