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Sales tax of 6% of price plus shipping will be charged and collected on all shipments to Idaho. Terms of ServiceĪLL FIREARMS MUST BE SHIPPED TO A LICENSED FEDERAL FIREARMS DEALER IN YOUR STATE OF RESIDENCE. We will not generally accept returns, but if you are unhappy with your purchase, please contact us directly to discuss returning your item. Unfortunately, we do not ship items internationally. Photos are indicative of the condition of the items and you will receive items in same or better condition, in the event, there are multiple items available. Items are described to the best of our ability, however, it is up to the buyer to ask questions and look at the pictures to determine the usability of the items. We do everything in our power to authenticate items that we sell. Sold “As Is”Īll items are sold “As Is” with all the benefits and faults that this implies. This LeFever Nitro Special Complete Wood & Metal Forearm is ready to find a home.Ĭheck out the raw wood we have to go with these barrels!Īlso, peruse the 24-hour gun show to see what else we have to offer. The woods finish is in great shape, there is no other damage.Ĭheck out the pictures so you know exactly what you’re getting, they are the best indication of condition. There is one chip, but the chip is included so it can be repaired. It’s in fantastic condition considering its age. You are considering a vintage LeFever Nitro Special Complete Wood & Metal Forearm. However, there were enough of the high-echelon doubles on hand to strongly emphasize the fact that these shores were not suffering from any lack of talent in the side-by-side field.Description LeFever Nitro Special Complete Wood & Metal Forearm There were plenty of cheapies, particularly among the mail-order offerings, and they outnumbered by far the quality pieces. To be certain, not all U.S-made doubles of yesteryear were masterpieces of design and workmanship. The products of the top makers were weapons that any shooter, regardless of his walk in life, could point to with pride. Moreover, it was about this time that the American-made double gun reached the pinnacle of its design. Back around the turn of the century, and even well before then, the building of the classic double gun was a flourishing facet of the U.S. It is quite true, and most unfortunate, that our activity in the province of double-barreled guns has all but gone to complete decay, though there was a time when the race was keen, indeed.
But if the American double-gun buff tends to feel apologetic about this, he does so without full justification. From elsewhere in Europe, too, have come some fine examples of twin-tube artistry. Names such as Purdey, Boss, Westley Richards, Greener, Holland & Holland and others are known the world over.
“The British have long been recognized for the excellence of their side-by-side scatterguns. LeFever, Sons & Company with his three sons. After this enterprise he went into business alone as LeFever Arms Company but then lost controlling interest of it. Then with John Nichols, they partnered as Nichols & LeFever. After that, he formed Barber & LeFever with Lorenzo Barber. Then he hooked up with Francis Dangerfield and created Dangerfield & LeFever. Then he formed a partnership with James Ellis forming LeFever & Ellis. He started with his own gunshop making muzzle-loading rifles. While reading about his life, I cannot help but think that he may have accomplished even greater innovations in gun making if his business life was more stable and steady rather than bouncing from one partnership to the next.
LeFever was a gun maker his entire life (Aug– October 29, 1906) but throughout his career he was troubled by a series of business partnerships that dissolved and forced him to start over. He invented the hammerless shotgun in 1878.
His hard work allows you to close the breech of the shotgun and fire without having to cock back two cumbersome hammers to fire the shotgun. If you have ever fired a modern side-by-side or over-and-under shotgun, you are the beneficiary of his innovation. Daniel Myron LeFever might not be a name that many people are familiar with but he is marked in history as a great American inventor.