Other than the H grade in the 73K range I mentioned I have only one other which "Might" be Ithaca assembled. This is an FE grade gun SN 38,025. Everything about the gun is F except the barrels. It has 30" Chain Damascus barrels. Chain Damascus is more commonly associated with E grade guns & there is an E stamped of these barrels. The Frame is marked F. All appearance to me is that it is an F grade gun fitted with E grade barrels. It has no other of the commonly referred to indications of Ithaca assembly. All serial numbers do match. Has a duck on one plate & quail on the other. Both are flying, not falling, & over appropriate vegetation, the duck over marsh plants & the quail over field plants.
When I bought this gun it was on consignment from an old gentleman who reportedly bought it New. Unfortunately I did not have the sense at the time to get his name & try to contact him for further information. He could quite possibly have told me when it was purchased which would have shed some light on who built it. I bought it in 1968, first gun I had to fill out the form 4477 on. depending on his age at time of purchase he could very well have bought it in proper sequence. I bought it at a Western Auto store in a town about 20 miles from where I live. This was my very first Lefever. I had read about them & had mentioned them to a co-worker. He had gone in this store & saw it & came to work that night & told me about it. I went the next day & bought it. This was in fact the first Genuine Lefever I had ever seen, had only seen the Ithaca Nitro's prior to this one.
