Originally Posted by Drew Hause
Has anyone here seen a Lefever that looks like this; unrelated to a fall or dropping the gun?
Help me out Ted wink

[Linked Image from photos.smugmug.com]

IMHO these cracks start at the head of the stock and extend toward the butt

[Linked Image from photos.smugmug.com]

Well, yea:

[Linked Image from i.ibb.co]
[Linked Image from i.ibb.co]

The second gun, with the crack starting behind the lock plate needs to have a good ‘Smith take a look at it and stabilize the crack. Many were the guns that had an issue like this and were just run until they didn’t run anymore.

The other gun needs work. Badly cracked. Wood sometimes just breaks to be mean, it is one of those things, no specific reason, and sometimes there are excellent reasons that wood breaks, like, behind the lock plates of an LC Smith.

Best,
Ted