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
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