interesting gun

[Bill Murphy]

I think the retail price to sleeve my gun at Lefever was about $250. It is a very neat job and a great alternative to an original Parker mag ten. I bought it at a VA gun show about five years ago.

[charlie cleveland]

bill reckon how far 250 would go today toward a sleeve job...i bet it would just about cover the whacking off of the tubes...tell us about this gun of yours again bill... charlie

[Bill Murphy]

Charlie, I was sitting at table at a VA gun show, and a dealer I know came by with an original looking big D grade Parker with blue barrels. Turned out to be a #3 frame gun with skeleton butt and heavy ten gauge sleeved barrels marked "Lefever Steel" on the rib. The lettering looked like it had been roll stamped at Parker Brothers. My friend said he knew it wasn't an original gun so the price was realistic. I didn't care what the price was, I was going to buy that gun. The sleeve job was wonderful and the water table was marked 3 1/2". I was buying a mag ten Parker for the price of a VH 12. I don't know what it weighs, but it's probably about 10-4. When I weigh it, I'll let you know how close I guessed. The gun letters as a 12 gauge 32" heavy Damascus gun. I still have a stash of 3 1/2" paper ten gauge lead that I should shoot in it some day. It has not killed game because I have other tens that I haven't worn out yet. It doesn't seem to have been in the field since it left Lefever.

[charlie cleveland]

bill the old gal deserves a breath of fresh air...take her hunting soon if nothing else try her at the 70 yard line with a paper plate as a target...with no 6 shot if you can..boy do i like talking and hearing about these old big guns.... charlie

[B. Dudley]

When I was at the last gun show in Syracuse, I picked up 3 Parkers to look at that ended up being monoblocked. Very good jobs. A couple were reasonably priced for the condition and grade as shooters. I was just surprised at how many I came across in just a few isles of walking.

[Bill Murphy]

Probably a good number of Lefever sleeve jobs were done for locals. Can you tell us whether these guns had Parker ribs and what the roll stamp markings were?

[B. Dudley]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

Probably a good number of Lefever sleeve jobs were done for locals. Can you tell us whether these guns had Parker ribs and what the roll stamp markings were?

I do not speicfically recall if all of them had parker ribs. I do not remember seeing mismatched ribs jumping out at me.

[Bill Murphy]

Brian, I attend an enormous number of shows in the DC and PA every year and don't see a nice sleeved Parker once in five years. A good Lefever sleeved gun is a piece of double gun history. My DH is the first Lefever magnum ten I have ever seen or heard of.

[ch]

Kevin George who are you calling an idiot. Make your posts clearer. From what I read your the idiot's I don't think anybody said anything about restoring the gun? Oh to bad the worlds people do not have your large brains we would not be in the trouble were in. Ditto my first post to all you swells

[charlie cleveland]

it sure is the first one ive ever heard of too... bill maybe some day the rest of us guys will get to see this fabled gun espically me... charlie