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A new gun followed me home from the shoot at Hausman's this past weekend. My first Lefever (thanks to Frank Cronin for his evaluation and encouragement). It is a G grade from 1903, all original, and screws don't appear to have been ever turned. Solid wood with no cracks or repairs, butt plate is in great shape. It weighs 9 1/2 pounds, 30" damascus barrels with a faded pattern, perfect bores at .775 and .777 with .037 and .040 chokes. The barrel walls at breach and muzzle are stout. It has good dimensions at 1 3/4" x 2 3/4" x 14 1/16". It fits me really well, a broke a 24x25 with it tonight on my first round of trap with it. I am very pleased and look forward to knocking down some crows, ducks and geese with it this fall. I forgot to bring my gun vise to club tonight so I will see what I can get it to do on the pattern board tomorrow. Scott took a couple of shots tonight resting his arms on a big wooden bin and we got about 77% with 1 1/8 #6. I am pretty sure it will do better when we can dead center the pattern in the circle. I am very happy with my first Lefever, especially since it is a short ten with 30" barrels and a good fit.
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The Following 11 Users Say Thank You to Pete Lester For Your Post:
pete it looks like you have a keeper...i too like the lefevers i have my dads old lefever e grade 10 ga all it knows was ducks and turkeys now just turkey...i have a ds grade 20 also i really like..i wish i had a 8 ga lefever but there scarse.....charlie
The Following User Says Thank You to charlie cleveland For Your Post:
Congrats and nice shooting Pete! You got a real nice and honest Lefever. You have to be careful because just like Parkers, Lefevers are just as addicting too....
The Following User Says Thank You to Frank Cronin For Your Post:
Sorry I missed meeting you in person at Hausmann's
I have appreciated your advice with the short tens
Thanks Rick, sorry we missed touching base at the shoot. I think it might be a good idea in the future if before the shoot everyone agrees to stop at the PGCA display at a predesignated time and we take a roll call. Then everyone would know who else was there.
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The Following 2 Users Say Thank You to Pete Lester For Your Post:
Nice addition Pete. I've always admired Lefevers and that ten looks like a good one. I'm going to have to pick Frank's brain to learn more about them. It's the only other American SxS I think is worth adding to the flock. Enjoy.
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The Following User Says Thank You to Daryl Corona For Your Post:
Looks like all the weight is in the barrels! Lefever 10s are not seen all that often. Especially later ones like yours.
Thanks Brian, I think it is hard to find a hammerless short ten by any maker that is in good original condition with good/modern dimensions these days. This one points very naturally and each person who shot it last night was breaking all their targets.
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