For those of you that don't know for over 20 years I've collected Lefever serial numbers. I have over 5,000 numbers. If you would like to share your numbers that would be great. I save number, gauge, grade, type barrels, length barrels, type grip, ejectors, etc. If you don't want to list them here feel free to email them to me.
lefeverarms@gmail.com
Thank You Bob
48400, 16ga, G, Damascus, 26in, pistol, extractors
Lefever C thumb push 10 gauge extractor from 1885. S/N 9308.
Butt stock transplant into existing pistol grip by Keith Kearcher.
Two sets of Damascus barrels one at 30" marked "C" with the serial number of the gun on one tube; the other which is 28" and marked with what appears to be a lightly struck "E" and has the number 1188 and an indistinguishable mark next to it on one tube, and the serial number of the gun on the other. Gun weighs about 8-1/2 lbs with either set of barrels.
Regards, Tim
38059, 12ga, EE, chain damascus, 30". capped PG, ejectors
Another one for you Bob. #51554, 12ga, HE Grade, stars & stripes damascus (or American flag bunting,or Washington?), 28", single large cocking hook...Geo
Pic added to identify damascus pattern:
53211
16ga
E grade (no ejectors)
28" Krupp barrels F/F
Capped PG
I have a double which I think is a live pigeon gun (no safety) description is as follows,
Lefever Arms
32 in barrels
full and fuller
12 gauge
no safety
serial number 49134
initials on trigger guard in gold RAS
Can you give me any info on this nice s x s, yr mfg. etc. pigeon gun y/n, etc.
Thanks Dave
ithaca1-
Let's see that 16g E!
OWD
#53615 is an H-Grade with 28" twist bbls, 2.63" chambers, and 5 mils of choke in each bore. It's a bit chunky @ 7 lbs. 12.
OWD,
I have it consigned with Jay at Vintage Firearms. He has great pics of it.
https://store.vfiguns.com/lefever/lefever-e-16-gauge-shotgun-for-saleithaca1
Dave: 49134 would be about 1903. Martin Diefenderfer, of Wood River, Nebraska won the GAH at Targets in KC with a Lefever that year
https://books.google.com/books?id=WUQhAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA337 I looked through the list of competitors at the 1904 & 1905 GAHs and could not find a RAS.
Serial 44061,
12 ga.
32" bbls with pattern Damascus,
extractor,
capped pistol grip,
Stamped G on action flats, F on barrel flats although #'s match,
Other oddity is wt. = 9 lbs, 3/4 oz. Barrels alone are 5 lbs, 1 1/2oz.
Serial 35688
16 ga EE
28" bbls Krupp Steel
6 lbs 6 oz
Cyl/ Lt full chokes
Capped PG
#47216, G grade, 12b, 30", muzzle ID rt 0.726, lf 0.714. Weight 7# 5oz. Barrels 3# 8oz.
serial 57917 12 ga EE grade , ejectors, Damascus, 30" barrels 7 lbs 6 oz full and full
serial 49323 I grade[ yes, really it is ], 30" steel barrels, extractors,full and full, haven't weighed this one
Serial number 37080, G grade, extractor, Damascus (walls were getting pretty thin at the muzzles), 30-inch barrels, shallow capped pistol grip, 7-ish lbs, original hard plastic (bakelite?) butt-plate....can't remember any more (haven't owned it for many years now). I think I had dated it to something like 1901 but.....too far back now.
Bob, 16 gauge G, 28 cut damascus barrels, non ejector, pistol grip, original butt plate, 24229.
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233628 My great old FLUES It was a favorite Quail gun for several years
Stallones,
Ithaca and Lefever are two completely different companies. The only relation they have to each other is that Ithaca bought the remnants of Lefever Arms Co. long after Dan Lefever was both disassociated with the company, and dead.
Ithaca made more double guns "branded" Lefever than they made with their OWN name. This tells you the esteem that both Ithaca, and the buying public, had for the Lefever name. (see Snyder's book for the full explanation.)
As such, doing the math given known Ithaca production of "Lefever" named models vs our rough estimates of the number which were Dan's design, one can see that 80% of all American guns ever made bearing the name Lefever have nothing to do with the man whose name they bear, were not his design, and were made decades after he was dead.
Ithaca simply 'pimped' the name.
No flies on an Ithaca Flues...they are nice doubles. But they have nothing to do with Lefever. And Dan Lefever had nothing to do with the majority of guns which bear that name.
This is why you will sometimes see people referencing "real" Lefevers. They are talking about the original ones.
NDG
YES, I now that Well For some unknown reason I read Lefever and thought Ithaca as I had my Ithaca out at the time. SORRY
Don't try that line with your wife after calling her by the wrong name. She won't take it well. *S*
Like holding a "Flues" in your arms is different than having a "floozy" in your arms.
But both will bang fairly reliably.
NDG
Hi Bob, I have 2- 1 G grade with 30 inch damascus barrels S.N. 51250 and 1 H grade with 30 inch twist steel barrels S.N. 58935.
Cheers, greetings from Belgium, Marc.
