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Yes the firing pin retainers without slots are pins, not screws. On mine, from one in the 46K range & up all have the pins. From one in the 42K range & down they all have screws. Considering we are speaking of Lefevers I have no doubt there are exceptions to this. Also, all from the 46k one & down have fluted combs, but none like this one. On my guns the "Root" of the flute is essentially parallel to the top comb line. Looks like the same engraving pattern as on my FE SN 38025.

Silvers,
That's a nice F grade you found.
I am fond of the fluted combs like your gun has and agree that they are normally found on earlier guns. None of my guns in the 50 to 70,000 serial # range have them.
Please post a picture of the barrels. They kind of look like twist?

Fritz

Fritz, here's a quick pic of the damascus barrels on the F. My wife is using the camera right now for her work and I was just able to pry it out of her hands for ONE minute. Silvers

Silvers,
Thanks that was quick.
The other picture looked like they might have been twist,but this one clearly shows the strong damascus pattern.
Very nice gun! Where did you find it?

Fritz

Silvers;
Aha, the chain pattern, this seems to be most often found on the E grade. Again though, those bbls look identical to my FE, also chain.

That is strange the screw/pin discussed above is the pivot for the sears in the Lefever I have ???

Jim A.

There was an English Stockmaker by the name of Ebenezer Hands,who worked for the Original Watson Bros.in London. "His particular trade mark was a small teardrop which he would carve on the comb of a stock. I have duplicated it on several guns I have stocked from that era. He lived to the 'Ripe old age' of 91, and was still stocking in the 1960s. CC

I have a Watson Bros. 1929 vintage .410 "extra finish" boxlock stocked by Ebenezer Hands with the teardrop; pretty neat. A picture of a stock by him with the teardrop is in "london Gunmakers". How long did he continue to apply his signature?
All the best, Mal

"I have to say that the birds look much better/authentic than the cartoon characters that were on a DHE Parker I once owned."

It's a classic argument that comes up every 6 months or so. Personally, I'd choose Andie McDowell wearing a burlap sack over Rosie McDonnel wearing a Versace gown, but to each his own.

Dave B;
Yes on the guns with frame mounted sears this is the pivot, as you state. The Sear end itself serves as the firing pin retainer. On plate mounted sears this screw serves only as the firing pin retainer. All of these I can recall noting were screws. The Sear pivots can be either. The screw/pin is not in the exact same location on both but is in same general area.