LeFever H Grade

[Dr Bob]

This is why the Lefever Arms Collectors Association is actively collecting serial numbers and any other available information on Lefever guns. To confirm, yes the records are lost. I don't know about any fire, I think they were probably just tossed after the acquisition by Ithaca Gun Co. in 1916. Ithaca had no use for or interest in the old Lefever records and they were simply lost. Regardless, the information we do have on Lefever serial numbers is the result of individuals collecting numbers and dates. We are always happy to record the serial number of your Lefevers at: laca@hughes.net

[Dean Romig]

Thanks Bob - I had read that it was a fire but I’ll defer to your information.

Best, Dean





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[Dr Bob]

Originally Posted by Dean Romig

Thanks Bob - I had read that it was a fire but I’ll defer to your information.

Best, Dean





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Dean, The 2 fires of significance in the Lefever history are the ones that terminated the Dangerfield and Lefever operations in Auburn, NY in 1874 and the one that basically terminated the D. M. Lefever Co.'s sidecocker operations and led to the formation of the Lefever Arms Co. in Syracuse, NY in 1883. Neither would have had any affect on the Lefever records we are talking about. If there was a fire at the Ithaca factory where records were kept after the acquisition by Ithaca Gun Co. I am not aware of it (that doesn't mean it couldn't have happened as I have not thoroughly studied the history of the Ithaca Gun Co.).