doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com Need help with 'Uncle Dan's' grade F.....

The asking price is $1350. It would be worth more if the barrels were 28" and stock had 14"+ lop. The fe release is kind of neat being round push in botton. I noticed the frame is stamped F not FE, but it kicks caps away after triggers are pulled and the action is opened.

A LOP of 13 3/8" is indeed rather short & bbls just over 27" would give a high likelyhood of having been cut. With them still touching though I bet they started as 28". Someone may have dented in the muzzles & cut just enought to clean it up. When you look at it again, tell us a little more about it. That push-buton forend release is more common on the earlier ones though they do show up on later ones as well. See what the SN is & if it has a hook under the bbls engaging another in the frame or just a single hook in the frame lifted by pin through the slotted bbl lug.
Don't recall having ever seen a Lefever marked with an E after the grade for ejector, though they are normally referred to in this manner as FE for this one.

Typically, they weren't stamped with an E after the grade to indicate an ejector gun. If you are saying the barrels are 27.16" long, that is not a factory standard length. There are some factory 26" barrels, but they are scarce. Having seen quite a few variations from what is supposed to be on Lefevers, I would not be shocked if factory records ever surfaced, that some special order barrel lengths left the factory. But if I were buying this gun, I would price it as a cut barreled shooter. Factory pads were installed, but naturally a longer more modern LOP over an original buttplate would enhance the value.

The SN is 263xx (didn't write last two digits since it's not my gun). The real lug is split in 2 parts. The SN on tg, action, and fe match. One barrel # appears to match rest of the gun (last couple of digits are not well struck) the other barrel # is 224xx. My assumption is that the barrel with 263xx is replacement (# were struck with slightly different punch and not as deeply). I suspect it is at this time that the tubes were made 27". This was pro job proly at the factory (not detactable other then # struck and tiny monograms under each barrel half way between flats and fe hook are different).
Keith, the pad was not added at the factory and the fit could be bit better.
It's a sharp looking gun with duckling on one plate and snipe in patch of grass digin' for worms on the other. Had to look pretty closely to spot that timberdoodle as the plates have nearly all cc left and the work is that fine.

Me gots hold on it till end of maniana. Any final thoughts?

Its a Lefever, aint it? Nuf said...The best...Miller, I just noticed on my "F" 16 ejector gun, a + after the serial number...???

There is nothing like 'Uncle Dan's' double. It will be veeeeery looooong time before next one in this shape comes along. If it was unaltered gun I suspect it would be worth about 3.5K US.

LD;
My only Ejector Lefever is also an F, though 12ga. I don't recall a + but will check later. In fact I can't recall having ever seen a + with the SN on one. Perhaps another may have knowledge of this mark.

Lefever buffs....how rare is a Lefever "FE" grade with a factory straight stock? Gun serial number 43463. It is a 12 gauge, with 30" chain damascus barrels with two factory ivory beads and very tight chokes, snap off/on forend. Engraving on the sideplates....LH side is a snipe or woodcock and RH side is a duck. Any help is appreciated.

Dustin

It's back in used gun rack. I didn't buy it.