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My Lefever G grade 1903 12b Damascus project is progressing.
With the helpful comments in response to my forum inquiries I have completed a complete takedown and cleaning removing only the dried oil, dirt and other crud from the past 106 years. Still a good amount of case color remaining. Only broken part, what I now know to label, the cocking axle. Thanks to Keith, I have a replacement coming from Gun Parts Corp. After disassembly the one split in the stock turned into five plus one slight crack in the base of the fore-end. Fortunately the wood in the head was not oil soaked and retains much integrity. I am now working on fixing these splits and cracks and then will turn my attention to a finish on the wood. I hope to have this Lefever back after quail in April. I will post a photo set when it is completed. Thanks to all for our kind replies and support. If you have a similar G grade from the same period I would appreciate a photo of the stock and fore-end so I can see the finish on an original gun.
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LetFly, I got busy and forgot to reply to an earlier Lefever question you posed. As far as I know, Dan Lefever never used rebound springs on the firing pins in his guns.
I made a reply to you in your thread in the DIY Gunsmithing forum concerning repairing the cracks in your stock. I hope it helps.
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Would like to see some pictures, either as you work or when the gun is quail-ready.
Regards, Tim
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Where are you going to hunt quail in April? Release?
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I live in Ohio and our native quail population was wiped out in the blizzard of 1978. So, release it is. The only native upland birds we have anymore is the Timberdoodle (American Woodcock).
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I also have never seen a rebound spring on a Lefever firing pin. Lefever catalogs listed the hammers as being rebounding, but that is not strictly accurate either. What actually happened was the mainspring travel was arrested just prior to the hammer striking the firing pin. Inertia carried the hammer on to fire the load but the hammer was left free-floating with no spring tension on it. Prior to around 1890, this was adjustable but on the later guns was preset at the factory. On all of my post, 1890 guns without the adjustment screws in the frame bottom when the hammers are down the firing pin tip is about flush with the face of the standing breech.
Even without the spring, the pins are free-floating & never present any drag on opening the gun after firing. Hard to get much simpler than that.
Miller/TN
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