Some here may have seen these recent threads, and in the interest of fairness, and since I'll be sitting with the Lefever fellas at the Las Vegas Antique Arms Show in Jan smile I thought this might be appropriate.
Parker
http://parkerguns.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14679
Smith
http://members.boardhost.com/lcsmith/msg/1414804157.html

Dan Lefever was a regular participant, and occasional winner, in tournaments in the Northeast, especially New York State. While traveling to promote Lefever guns and the Lefever-Singer gun cleaner, he also competed in the Midwest as far as St. Louis.
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1899/VOL_33_NO_09/SL3309014.pdf
He competed in the 1895 GAH
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1895/VOL_25_NO_15/SL2515025.pdf
and in 1898 was classified as a Professional Representative and shot “for targets only”
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1899/VOL_33_NO_13/SL3313011.pdf

He represented the Company at the New York Sportsmen’s Expositions
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1895/VOL_25_NO_09/SL2509025.pdf
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1896/VOL_26_NO_26/SL2626013.pdf
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1901/VOL_36_NO_25/SL3625013.pdf

Col. A.G. Courtney represented Lefever for 12 years before joining Hartley & Graham as a Remington Rep in 1897
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1897/VOL_29_NO_06/SL2906026.pdf
In 1885, Rolla Heikes was the first industry representative, with Lefever, and the 1892 Lefever catalog contains an 1888 testimonial from Rolla. At some point he switched to a L.C. Smith, and later a Winchester 1893 Repeater.
W.T. DeWolf represented Lefever in 1898 as did A.H. Durston starting about 1904.

Lefever guns were quite popular with shooters in New York State and Canada.

1895 Tournament of the New York State Association for the Protection of Fish and Game June 24 - 29, at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1895/VOL_25_NO_15/SL2515025.pdf
Smith- 25, Lefever-19, Parker-13, Greener-7, Winchester-6, Francotte-6, Burgess-3, Baker and Remington-1 each

1895 Fourth Annual Tournament of the Rochester (N.Y.) Rod and Gun Club http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1895/VOL_26_NO_02/SL2602013.pdf
Guns: Smith-19, Lefever-12, Parker-9, Greener, Winchester, and Burgess-4 each

1896 Empire State Tournament
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1896/VOL_27_NO_13/SL2713020.pdf
Smith-26, Parker-24, Lefever-16, Baker-11, Winchester-4
Dan Lefever won a Smith gun in a raffle, then had his own Lefever stolen.

1897 New York State Tournament
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1897/VOL_29_NO_13/SL2913030.pdf
Smith-28, Lefever-22, Parker-10, Winchester -6

1898 New York State Tournament
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1898/VOL_31_NO_15/SL3115020.pdf
The Lefever Diamond Medal Contest (20 singles and 5 pair targets) was won by Sim Glover (Parker) who also had High General Average.
Only Team Competition guns was reported: Smith-7, Parker-5, Lefever-4, Remington-3

1899 New York State Tournament
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1899/VOL_33_NO_13/SL3313013.pdf
Guns: Smith-39, Parker-32, Lefever-16, Winchester-12, Remington-9, Greener-8, Francotte-7, Baker-4, Burgess-2, Prechtel, Scott, Purdey & Syracuse- 1 each.

The 1905 New York shoot from the 'Baker Gun Quarterly' courtesy of David Noreen




For more shoot reports please see “Top Guns at the Traps”
https://docs.google.com/a/damascusknowle...eFKEyuY/preview

Major tournament wins by competitors with Lefever guns.

1903 4th GAH at Targets Blue River Park, Kansas City, Mo.
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1903/VOL_41_NO_06/SL4106017.pdf
Won by Martin Diefenderfer, of Wood River, Nebraska with a Lefever.
See Summer 2011 Double Gun Journal “A Lefever Champion” by Josh Loewensteiner

1905 GAH
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1905/VOL_45_NO_17/SL4517025.pdf
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1905/VOL_45_NO_17/SL4517029.pdf
R. R. Barber (using a Lefever), an amateur from Paullina, Iowa, won the Preliminary and Grand American, from a field of 335 of the best shots in America with a score of 99x100, and the preliminary with a score of 98x100. In the Consolation Handicap he scored 97x100, and he also made a run of 157 straight.

Kendallville Limited Gun Club Amateur Tournament Sept. 1906 Program



Walter H. Ewing of Montreal won the individual Gold in Trap at the 1908 Olympic Games in London.
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/BBM/1913/bbm106z.pdf
http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1909/VOL_53_NO_03/SL5303022.pdf

April 17 1908 Sporting Life
Lexington, Ky., April 10. More than one hundred shooters took part in the spring opening of the Fayette Gun Club near this city April 1, among which were many of the crack shots of the United States. Several good records were established, one of the most notable of which was that of W.R. Crosby, who broke 149 out of 150 birds shot at during the day. Crosby began the day shooting with four other well-known experts. This squad consisted of Fred Gilbert (Parker), William Heer (Remington C.E.O.), C.O. LeCompte (Lefever), Charles Young (Winchester 1897) and W.R. Crosby (Parker). They broke 740 out of the 750 birds.

GAH 1908 Columbus, Ohio
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1908/VOL_51_NO_17/SL5117024.pdf
Professional Championship– Fred Gilbert (Parker) and R. R. Barber (Lefever), of Iowa, tied in the professional championship. Both made 188x200, and in the shoot-off Gilbert broke 20 birds straight and Barber 17.
Amateur Championship- George Roll, 183x200 then 19x20 shoot-off. Four men broke 183 in the amateur championship. Roll, of Illinois won the shoot-off over D. Upson, of Ohio; Charles Ditto, of Illinois; and H.E. Buckwalter (Lefever).
1st Double-Bird Shoot - 20 targets – H.E. Buckwalter, Royersford, Pa. with 18.

E.W. Arnold, a lawyer from Crawford County, won the 1905, 1906, 1908, 1909, 1910 and 1914 Kansas State Championships
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1905/VOL_45_NO_13/SL4513022.pdf
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1906/VOL_48_NO_08/SL4808014.pdf
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1907/VOL_48_NO_17/SL4817029.pdf
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1908/VOL_51_NO_08/SL5108024.pdf
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1909/VOL_53_NO_08/SL5308022.pdf
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1909/VOL_53_NO_19/SL5319028.pdf
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1909/VOL_53_NO_19/SL5319028.pdf
http://books.google.com/books?id=nkkcAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA794&lpg
http://www.la84foundation.org/SportsLibrary/SportingLife/1914/VOL_63_NO_13/SL6313032.pdf









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