my grandfathers 12ga lefever nitro special was actually my 2nd double.my mother remembered him decorating the stock with small finishing nails making bird and several other designs including a heart with an arrow thru it and the date 1928 which is supposedly when he bought it.i had it recheckered n casecolors redone .ive never shot it but it will always be in my gun cabinet.
my 1st double was a meridian with genuine damacus barrels,i traded to a family friend for a ranger because his wife didn't want him to shoot that gun that might blow up!i shot a truck load of rabbits and woodcock over his beagle!i also fixed that up redid stock and put 20ga Briley tubes in it.took it to show old guy ,thought he would get a kick out seeing it,his first words were you sure putting a lot of money in that old gun!
