John A Nichols Hammer Gun

Bill Murphy · 03-19-2015, 03:20 PM

No, I don't own or shoot any Nichols guns, but I would like to. My meager Lefever collection does not yet include any pre-Lefever Arms Company guns. I can't wait to see the pictures. My favorite Lefever is my 16 gauge hammerless pivot lever #9568, which the Lefever Gun Collectors Association tells me is the first known top lever hammerless gun made by Lefever. When I found the gun, I had no idea of its significance in Lefever history.

George Lang · 03-19-2015, 05:20 PM

I have a 10 gauge Nichols Lefever, Grade E, 34" barrels with fairly modern stock dimensions. Great gun and fantastic shooter. Mine is all original condition about 65% bbl pattern and 85% metal and wood. Enjoy it

Bill Murphy · 03-20-2015, 08:24 AM

Every one of my Lefevers has modern stock dimensions.

Eldon Goddard · 03-21-2015, 03:46 PM

Here are the photos first taken with my new iPhone.

Bill Murphy · 03-21-2015, 06:40 PM

More pictures.

Eldon Goddard · 03-21-2015, 09:44 PM

Sorry Bill can not figure out how to resize pictures on the iphone.

Jim Signore · 03-27-2015, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

My favorite Lefever is my 16 gauge hammerless pivot lever #9568, which the Lefever Gun Collectors Association tells me is the first known top lever hammerless gun made by Lefever. When I found the gun, I had no idea of its significance in Lefever history.

I have a 16ga F grade pivot lever 10398. Bought it as a project a few months ago so still working on it but I can't wait to shoot it! That Nichols is a beautiful piece though, great find!