Long Tall LeFever!

[TxHuntermn]

Couple more

[Dean Romig]

WOW! Line 'em up Mark and show us all of them.





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[TxHuntermn]

I definitely will, one the new gun is in hand.

[TxHuntermn]

Anxious to get this in my hands. The seller reports that his Galazan drop in choke gauge stops at about 16 bore modified. This sucker must be “tighter than Dick’s hatband!”

[Gerald McPherson]

16 bore maybe?

[TxHuntermn]

Doubt it, Seller is an experienced collector, and claims he has shot this gun a fair it. He is the one that told me about the drop in gauge. Will n
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Know for myself monday!

[Cold Spring]

Mark, she looks like a good find. Love those straight grippers but really any good honest Lefever is a cool gun and a step back in time. Syracuse Lefever 12-gauge guns have a wide range of bore diameters; hence a drop in choke gauge can read “off”. Using a good bore mike, the tightest 12 ga choke constriction in my spreadsheet is 39 points. JFI, the 16-gauge modified choke step on a Galazan brass choke gauge that’s handy here mikes about .648" diameter. Just sayin …..

[davidboyles]

Do I see turkey sights on this weapon. If so what will be your shell of choice? You fishing with the Red narrow spoon direct drive Abu I gave you? If so pour ice on your thumb!! Good Luck.

[Nick de Guerre]

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

[Ken Snyder]

Originally Posted by Nick de Guerre

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

NDG is exactly correct regarding the tang and identifying restocks. We also see some fewer LAC factory stocked examples of tangs that appear to have started out as the shorter rounded lower profile PG tangs and had additional steel grafted to create an extension for SG, as is evident on #48944. Run short and improvise to fill an order. Not always readily apparent when a gun is higher condition - but when finishes wear... Enlarge the photo you will see the faint curved line of the original lower tang to the left of the SN# and a circular pin weld locking the scarf joint to the left of that.

Ken