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

I have no hands on experience with products of Lefever Arms Co. I'm considering purchase of F grade in nice clean original condition (with exception of Jostam? pad), but the mechanism seems quite unique and complex. Are there any weak points in terms of mechanics that I should look for? Thanks.

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Let me know if you don't buy it. I like Lefevers!

Jagermeister, double trigger and non-ejector Syracuse Lefevers are just about as bullet proof as any shotgun ever made. And they are unique with their ball and socket hinge. The ball is supposedly adjustable to take up any wear, but often they're frozen up from time. The weakest part of the gun, in my opinion, is the little top lever spring, but that's not a big deal.

Of the 8 or 9 Syracuse Lefevers I've owned, two had broken top lever springs. It's a little tough to find an original, but a relatively simple spring to make.

I would repeat what Mr. Wood said. I shoot mine a lot, and other than a sticky safety on an "FE" I have they just keep on truckin.....If you buy it and dont like it, you missed me at Christmas...(address provided on request)

I really don't know what mechanism you can find for a hammerless double that is much simpler than the LAC guns. They're about as straight forward as they come. There are 5 basic versions of the Lefever hammerless; side cocker, rod cocker, two hook, small sngl hook & large single hook, but I would not call any of them complex.

I took my tool kit for closer examination. The short chambers/ bores are in excellent conditon and ejectors work fine, but the barrels choked cyl/ic are 690mm long the LOP to end of pad is only 340mm. I would expect original stock length to be about 370mm and the barrels (which actually do not appear cut) to be about 710mm long. These are sad finds as one almost never sees one of these in excellent mechanical order with good quantity of original CC remaining on those plates. It almost makes me.....well

Soooo......are you going to buy it?
Is it in the states?

Not sure what will be up, but I'm going to look at it again on saturday. Having Sterlingworth ejector, Ugartechea 40, and Beretta 424 as backup for both (Sterlingworth is ole' and IG is as you know Spanish) I don't need another double.
The gun is at Greentop Sporting Goods in Glen Allen Va.

Curious as to what the asking price is, there's an "F" in a shop near me that doesn't sound as nice as the one you're looking at and it's listed for $2K.