A Few Doubles

[Researcher]

I would think that a lot of the Lefever engraving was done by various members of the Glahn family. Here is some similar design work by two different companies --



CE-Grade Lefever.



Tobin Arms Mfg. Co. No. 55E Model Grade.

[Bruce Day]

Julia Auctions has an E Lefever in the next offering that is a twin to mine above, but I was surprised when I saw how high the estimate was.

Thanks for the kind words, Mark. I have high respect for graded Lefevers.

Dave , so do you think mine is a Glahn gun? I can't tell.

[Researcher]

I'd lean towards Glahn, but you need somebody better than an old Forestry major to make that call!! No Art Appreciation in the curriculum of any of my schooling!!

Here is a link to some Glahn signed work on the L.C. Smith forum --

http://members.boardhost.com/lcsmith...436963856.html

[Bruce Day]

It's going to take somebody who knows a lot more about Lefevers than me . Just the frame sizes can be boggling. The 16 is on the small XX frame , 1" spacing. But the 12 is not marked and is 1 3/32 " c to c . I understand there are 12 ga frames at 1 , 1 1/8 " , 1 1/4 " and so these 12 gauge gun weights vary widely and the frame sizes are not marked except for XX.

[Bruce Day]

Montana last season. L to R
Dick Dow
Russ Lindsay
Bruce Day.

[JLoew]

A buddy of mine nudged me that I didn't post additional photos as promised...CHE 16ga. 1 Frame 30" Barrels. DT, Skeleton BP.

Shipped on a leap year - 2/29/1928. Nice gun for 88 years young.

[Todd K.]

I feel left out.

[Daniel G Rainey]

great eye candy.

[Richard Dow]

Todd: Your the one on my left. Bruce was just being kind. JUST KIDDING BUDDY. Couldn't resist.

[Bruce Day]

Corrected it.

L to r

Dick
Bruce
Russ
Todd