Lefever HE 16 ga

[Gerald McPherson]

Yes Brian The grade a that Roy shot was of that era. In his last years the bottom rib came loose. He had it fixed and continued to use it for the remainder of his life. We carried Roy quail hunting until his mind got so bad he could not respond when the birds came up. He never knew his gun was not loaded but he still wanted to go so we went. He had some good setters and we took them too. Do you have one of those in a skeet gun or am I thinking of someone else? His had one trigger. Gerald

[Gerald McPherson]

Thank you Frank; The barrels do touch and the ic barrel has 8 thou restriction. It was measured by a local gunsmith rather quickly without his glasses. I have sent the barrels to Dean Harris for evaluation. I think Bruce Day posted a catalog page from Lefever that referred to this as a brush gun. Relying on bad memory. I find the Lefevers very interesting.

[Bruce Day]

Lefevers are high quality , well designed guns.

I urge you to get the catalog reproduction .

[frank aloia]

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[Phil Yearout]

Maybe one of the mods or other folks a lot more knowledgeable than I could PM Frank and help him out? I think he has some things to say but there's an obvious disconnect somewhere ...

[Gerald McPherson]

One thing that seems strange is when the side plates are removed there is no case color on the inside of the plates as on the underside of the fore end.

[Nick de Guerre]

Gerald,

Dean Harris is the man. His word on the condition of yoir barrels is as good as it gets. Dont spend much on your gun, as H grades are very common.

But they are as well made as an Optimus! Dan Lefever made guns are uniform in build quality, regardless of grade.

As for the plates, I have never seen them case colored on the inside. Which does beg the question as to what his process was, as one would naturally have thought they'd have done it in parts.

Nudge

[Bruce Day]

It was not me that called it a brush gun nor have I seen a catalog state that. The closest is that the catalog states that Lefevers cannot be equaled for “trap, field , brush and wild- fowl shooting.” P. 3.

Enjoy yours. The more you look , the more interesting they become and Lefever shooting qualities are special. Few 16’s of any grade were made . Bob Noble and Josh Lowensteiner here are true Lefever experts . I know some but they know more.

[Gerald McPherson]

Brush chokes on a Lefever catalog page cyl /imp cyl. Bruce I think you posted a catalog page that stated for brush. I can't find it again.

[Bruce Day]

Originally Posted by Gerald McPherson

Brush chokes on a Lefever catalog page cyl /imp cyl. Bruce I think you posted a catalog page that stated for brush. I can't find it again.

I found it. The chokes page recommends chokes for brush.

I have an HE 12/28 fluid steel and it’s a great field gun. Enjoy your H.

EE 16/28 with Krupp barrels: