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what grade is the Lefever, must be a pretty early one to be a true sidelock. I have an early DE that is a true sidelock... can't recall when they switched to having side plates but ultimately box locks.
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It's a DS grade from 1912. It was 1921 when Ithaca came out with the Nitro Special, which was the box lock Lefever. Ithaca actually bought them in 1916 and assembled the remaining side lock stock from what I've read. I never cared much for the look of the Nitro Special, kind of clubby. I guess they were a pretty tough gun but very utilitarian.
I did read and saw a picture once of a box lock that Dan Lefever made. It was a beautiful gun. I'll have to look around to see if I can find that article.
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I was thinking that even the sideplated guns made before Ithaca were not true sidelocks less the earliest ones. Maybe around the same time they changed the barrel hook. I could be way off base.... should look at a later GE that I have.
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1952 12g W.W. Greener Empire.
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Chronographs, bore scopes and pattern boards have broke a lot of hearts.
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1934 Remington 31 Riot. Wood refinished by me.
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A recent pick up. A tarted up LC Smith 16 gauge FW.
"Somehow, the sound of a shotgun tends to cheer one up" -- Robert Ruark
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A recent pick up. A tarted up LC Smith 16 gauge FW. Now ain't THAT somethin' ???!!! Methinks me likes !!!!
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The Turkey gun Mossburg Tactical Turkey 835
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Duck gun A Benelli SBEII
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Duck Gun B Beretta Extrema 2
The government plans these shootings by targeting kids from kindergarten that the government thinks they can control with drugs until the appropriate time--DerbyDude
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AyA mod 106 12g 1967. Cheers, Scott.
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Okay, I'll show you a couple of my 'pawn shop rescue' guns. Here are a pair ( a brace?) of 16 gauges shotguns that I recently took out for a little clay target shooting. One is a Remington Model 11 Sportsman and the other a Savage Model 755A. The latter holds the distinction of being the heaviest shotgun I own; it has to weigh close to 9 pounds. They are keeping better company nowadays! [img:left] [/img]
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Nice, who did the stock work? Release; you have my sincere sympathy. Horrible affliction. As an aside, if that K Gun doesn't hit 9 pounds it is damned close.
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Took the last two Model 12's I've acquired out for some clays today with the oldest son working the thrower. Picked up the 12 on the left about 3 weeks ago. 30" full 12 ga. Mfg in 1921. Middle 12 is a 28" full 12 ga. Mfg in 1934. Picked it up last week. The double is my trusty old Husqvarna.
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"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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Hard to beat a pump in a Model 12. Just recently picked up another 16Ga from a local Fire member.
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'67 AyA 106, '26 Greener Empire, '52 Greener Empire. All 12g.
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Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
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I looked for one of these for awhile before finding one Ruger Woodside
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