OK- agree- local dealer has in his used gun racks, 2 LeFever Nitro Specials- a 16 and a 12-- I usually check them out when I am there having coffee- the 12 has been on the rack for a year, the 16 maybe 6 months- used but good condition, fairly priced, but our area is not a strong marked for older American side-by-sides-- Your accurate observation about the field grade NID and a higher grade being wood, finish and engraving could also be applied to a VH (E) Parker vs. a DH(E) Parker--
I like the trigger pulls on my 12 NID- crisp, and the gun"shoots right where I am looking" every time, ejectors in time, and it was built in 1926=27 era. Don't much care about the cocking indicators, but for the $500 I paid for this 12 Grade 2E--I've gotten over that years ago. If I had to take a "rough country" hunt or tower shoot event in harsh weather, the L.C. Smiths would stay home in the steel vault, and I'd take the Ithaca, every time-hand running.. RWTF
