D.M. Lefever | Dogs and Doubles

See this week’s 5 doubles you don’t want to miss …

April 16, 2023 by Gregg

F.lli. Piotti KING ONE 20GA – 27” – SINGLE TRIGGER – MAKER’S CASE – NEW ACCESSORIES – SPECTACULAR EURO WALNUT:
F.lli. Piotti KING ONE – 20ga – 7 PIN SIDELOCK EJECTOR 20GA – 2 3/4″ shells – 27” – SINGLE TRIGGER – MAKER’S CASE – NEW ACCESSORIES – SPECTACULAR EURO WALNUT – SHOWS MINOR WEAR ON BLUING AND WOOD – PLEASE SEE PICS FOR THIS ITALIAN BEAUTY SINGLE TRIGGER DREAM UPLAND FIELD SHOTGUN – PERSONAL GUN THAT I HAVE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED FOR YEARS. SN: 8601 14 1/4″ X 1 1/2″ X 2 1/2″ SINGLE TRIGGER CHECKERED BUTT RIGHT HANDED CAST. Price: $24,995*

Gorgeous high original condition A.H. Fox XE Grade 12ga 32″- Lightweight A&F Gun w/Great provenance: Gorgeous high original condition A.H. Fox XE Grade 12ga made with 32″ Chromox barrels. Long splinter forend with ebony tip. Frame is beautifully engraved in oak leaf and game scene pattern as seen in the phootos with scallops on top and bottom. Gun has double triggers, auto ejectors, auto safety. The round knob pistol grip buttstock is richly figured European walnut and beautifully scallop border checkered and terminiates with an aging Hawkins brand pad. This gun was sold through Abercrombie and Fitch in 1949 for the estate of the original owner, Maximilian Arther Ramirez. Ramirez was a Cuban born physician who lived on Park Avenue in NYC. The gun has his initials “MAR” professionally stamped in the ball grip as seen in the photos. Overall, the gun remains in excellent original condition. Barrels with 95-97% factory blue. Forend is excellent and sound with minor impressions. Frame with more than 90%++ bold and vivid original case color. Buttstock is sound and excellent with original finish and has scattered minor handling marks and impressions. Bores are brilliant and shiny. Mechanics are crisp. Price: $13,950*

D M LEFEVER GRADE 9F – EXTREMELY RARE – 100% ORIGINAL – SxS: D M LEFEVER, BOWLING GREEN OHIO, GRADE 9F, CROSS BOLT, 12 GAUGE, 30″ IMPERIAL STEEL BARRELS. EXCELLENT BLUE – 98%, MIRROR BRIGHT BORES, CYL. AND FULL, 2 1/2″ CHAMBERS, BARRELS RING LIKE A BELL, WALL THICKNESS .035 IN BOTH, AUTOMATIC EJECTORS. SCALLOPED BOXLOCK FRAME, BOLD CASE COLOR IN THE PROTECTED AREAS, FINE SIMPLE BORDER ENGRAVING, “LEFEVER & SONS CO.” ENGRAVED ON BOTH SIDES, TRIGGER PLATE ENGRAVED “PAT’D 1902” AND “NOT CONNECTED WITH LEFEVER ARMS CO.”. ENGRAVED SCREWS, CASE-COLORED LONG TANG TRIGGERGUARD, TOP LEVER TO THE RIGHT, TIGHT ON FACE. STRAIGHT GRIP STOCK, SPLINTER FOREARM WITH THE ROLLER TYPE LATCH AND EBONY INSERT, HIGHLY FIGURED EUROPEAN WALNUT, FINE CHECKERING INCLUDING SIDE PANELS. EXCELLENT WOOD WITH MINOR HANDLING MARKS IN THE ORIGINAL VARNISH. CHECKERED COMPOSITION BUTTPLATE, 1 3/4″ X 2 3/4″ X 13 1/2″, 6 POUNDS 10 OUNCES. D.M. LEFEVER DOUBLES SELDOM COME UP FOR SALE. LESS THAN 1100 WERE BUILT BETWEEN 1902 AND 1906. THIS IS A VERY PLEASING ORIGINAL EXAMPLE. Price: $6,500*

BERETTA – BL-6 – 20ga 26-3/8″ IC / M – Hand Engraved – OU: Completely Hand Engraved! 1971 – Beretta BL-6 – 20ga, 3″, 26-3/8″ IC / M (.007 / .013), Single Selective Trigger, LOP 14-1/4″, Drop 1-1/2″ to 2-3/8″, Slight Cast Off, Weight 6 lbs 1 oz. The original chokes from the factory are IC / M. It is marked SK/SK, but they measure IC / M and the barrel has not been altered. Price: $3,650*

Abercrombie & Fitch ~ Field ~ 28 Gauge ~ Side-by-Side: For your consideration, an Abercrombie & Fitch field gun chambered in 28 Gauge. Features include a non-automatic safety, extractors, and double triggers. This piece is of Italian manufacture by Zoli & Rizzini for A&F. Stock dimensions are as follows: 14″ LOP, 2 1/8″ drop at heel, and 1 3/8″ at comb with slight cast off. 28 Gauge. Chambers: 2.5 Metal Condition: Excellent Wood Condition: Excellent Bore Condition: Excellent Barrels: 26 Triggers: Double Stock Dimensions: 14″ LOP Fore End: Checkered Butt Pad: Ribbed Weight: 5.25 lbs Sights: Solid Rib and Bead Chokes: “Left, Mod / Right, Cyl. Price: $2,999.99*

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Auction alert: Rare Lefever 8E 12 gauge SxS shotgun …

February 24, 2017February 24, 2017 by Gregg

D.M. Lefever & Sons Grade 8E SxS Shotgun (12 Bore)

Daniel Myron Lefever was one of the geniuses of American gunmaking. Judging by the number of partnerships and businesses he formed in his career, he must have been mercurial, too.

From 1857 to his death in 1906, he worked for himself, and with others. By himself and with others, he built all sorts of firearms–including the one you see here. It comes from DM’s final venture: The D. M. Lefever, Sons & Company, which he formed with his sons in 1902.

Morphy Auctions is auctioning of this double tomorrow. If you like it, get on it now.

D.M. Lefever & Sons Grade 8E SxS Shotgun (12 Bore): This early high quality Lefever was built using a scalloped boxlock, Greener crossbolt. Barrels were made of Krupp fluid steel, not Damascus, and features a solid matted rib with twin beads. Double triggers, beautiful dark grain hand checkered English type rear sight with Monte Carlo comb, finely checkered side panels, owner’s plaque in stock, and an early Upland Game red waffle recoil pad. Stamped on bottom of frame “D.M. Lefever Sons & Company Pat’d 1902 Not connected with Lefever Arms Company”.

Bores are clean and shiny. Barrels retain approximately 70% original blue starting to thin and patina, with age freckling on the right barrel extending 10″ from breech. Forearm is finely checkered with ebony tip. The frame exhibits delicate scroll engraving with setter on right side and mallard on left. The wood is in beautiful condition, has been freshened up at one time, with a couple minor dings. Lock-up is perfect with no wiggle with forearm off. Trigger guard is basically gun metal grey. Nice traces of case colors on both sides of frame. Lovely old high grade Lefever.

Serial Number: 1331

Barrel Length: 30″
Chambers: 2-5/8″
Length Of Pull: 15″
Drop at Comb: 1-3/4″
Drop at Heel: 2″
Internal Bore Diameters: .744″
Barrel Wall Thickness: Left – .045″, Right – .055″
Chokes: Both Barrels – Modified
Weight8 lbs. – 2 oz.

The other Lefevers. Part 1: a 12g D.M Lefever 7D side-by-side shotgun…

March 30, 2015March 28, 2015 by Gregg

Daniel Myron Lefever was one of America’s most inventive gunmakers. Born in upstate New York in 1835, he was apprenticed to a gunmaker in 1848 and opened his first gunshop in 1857. Over the next two decades, he formed partnerships with a number men — Ellis, Dangerfield, Barber & Nichols — and built a wide range of muzzle- and breech-loading firearms.

In 1878, DM created his first successful model of a hammerless side-by-side shotgun and a year later he struck out on his own to build it. This model would be tweaked and refined until around 1884 when it was replaced by the Lefever Arms Co. shotgun most people think of as the “True Lefever”.

In 1901, DM left Lefever Arms Co and started DM Lefever & Sons in Syracuse, NY. This company built D.M. Lefever’s new “Cross-Bolt” shotguns. The 12 gauge 7D you see here is one of those doubles.

Cross-Bolt Lefevers are sort of “True Lefever” hybrids. They use a similar hook to cock the locks. And like True Lefevers, they also use a grooved rib extension to lock to down the barrels. To this rib extension, DM added a Greener-style cross bolt. He then modified the internal lockwork so that it’s somewhat similar to an Anson & Deeley-style boxlock and did away with the sideplates see on his earlier designs.

D.M. Lefever 7D 12 Gauge Side By Side: DOM 1902. Nice Original Condition. Engraved And Case Colored. Rare, Vintage American Firearm from Syracuse, NY. Price: $2,995

SPECIFICATIONS

MAKE: D.M. LEFEVER
MODEL: 7D
DATE OF MANUFACTURE: 1902
12 GAUGE
32″ SIDE BY SIDE BARRELS
EXTRA BEAVERTAIL FOREND
CHOKED MODIFIED AND IMPROVED
BOXLOCK, CROSS BOLT
KRUPP FLUID STEEL
D.M. Lefever 7D 12 Gauge Side By Side
HAWKINS RECOIL PAD
LOP: FRONT=14″, REAR=13″
OVERALL LENGTH: 48″
WEIGHT: 7lbs 11ozs
ALL PIECES HAVE MATCHING SERIAL NUMBER

Super rare D.M. Lefever alert: a 16 gauge 9F side by side shotgun….

May 14, 2014 by Gregg

16 gauge D. M. Lefever 9F Double Barrel Shotgun

Here’s a super rare shotgun. According to the seller, it’s a 16 gauge D.M. Lefever 9F. The pics stink (and description is just as bad), so squint and take a good look. I’ll doubt you’ll see another one.

These guns were made by Daniel Myron Lefever after he left the Lefever Arms Co. I think they were made from about 1901-1905. I’ve seen a couple of them and they are unique guns. This is the only 16g I’ve come across.

This is all the seller is saying out it:

Lefever 16 ga crossbolt 28″ Krupp barrels: 9 F Very pretty looks like either stump and tree fork walnut ,only about 20 ever made , in this grade . Price: $8,400

On Gunbroker.com now: a real early 16 gauge Lefever double barrel shotgun…

February 13, 2013February 13, 2013 by Gregg

16 gauge Lefever E-grade Thumb Lifter Shotgun

Daniel Myron Lefever was one of the geniuses of American gunmaking. Born in 1835, he started making firearms under his own name in 1857. Fifteen years later he was working with machinist Francis Dangerfield. Together they patented a doll’s head, thumb lift locking mechanism for breechloading shotguns.

In 1883, Lefever used part of this design on his new barrel-cocking hammerless shotgun, the first of its kind created in the US. The 16 gauge Lefever Arms Co. E grade you see here is built on those two patents. Made around 1886, it’s one of the first sixteens that the Lefever Arms Co. produced. From what I can see, it looks like it’s in pretty original condition. The only issue I can see with it is with the bbls: They’re short (26″) and possibly cut. Other than that, this125+ years old side-by-side looks like it in excellent shape.

This week’s good shotguns: powered by Gunsinternational.com…

February 10, 2013February 10, 2013 by Gregg

HOLLAND & HOLLAND DOUBLE HAMMER RIFLE .500 3 1/4″: 27″ steel barrels, ramp front sight with folding night sight. Two leaf rear express sight. Lightly engraved back action locks and rebounding hammers. Stock dimensions LOP: 14 1/2″ Comb: 1 1/2″ Heel: 2 1/4″ Weight: 9lbs 2oz. Super untouched original barrel blue. The action and locks are lightly engraved and retain areas of casehardening with the remainder fading to a pleasing mottled gray. Mint bores and tight action. Beautiful wood and checkering. Left side of the receiver engraved “CHARGE 5 DRAMS, CASE 3 1/4 INCHES”. Price: 12,500

12 gauge A.H. Fox XE grade Double Barrel Shotgun

1916 Ansley H. Fox XE Grade 12ga: Serial # 23670, Made in 1916, Philadelphia, PA. This gun is in +95% Condition. Hand Engraving. This gun is a fine piece of American craftsmanship. This gun has been shot very little. 2 5/8” chambers, 28” bbls, Full & Mod, Chromox steel, #4 weight, 13 ¾” X 1 5/8” x 2 ¾”, 6lbs 13oz. Price: $11,995.00

12 gauge Churchill Double Barrel. Side-by-Side Shotgun

CHURCHILL REGAL XXV ORIGINAL CASE: 12g Boxlock Ejectors: Nice original cased Churchill XXV Regal. 25” bbls. This Churchill is in very good condition and with a 59xx serial number is an early 30’s gun. Nice dimensions on a straight grip DAC 1 ½ X DAH 2 ¼ X LOP 14 to end of pad, with a 5/8 cast off for a right handed shooter. 6lbs. Priced to sell $3975.00.

16 gauge D.M. Lefever, #7 Grade, Double Barrel Shotgun

DM LEFEVER #7 GRADE 16 GAUGE: 28″ MOD AND FULL 2 3/4 SINGLE SELECT TRIIGGER EJECTORS SPLINTER FOREARM PISTOL GRIP EXCELLENT CONDITION THE WOOD IS PROFESSIONALLY REFINISHED 6LB 6 OZ X 2 1/2 X 1 3/4 X 13 FROM REAR SINGLE TRIGGER. Price: $7,500.00

16 gauge Darne Halifax Double Barrel Shotgun

Darne Halifax 16 Gauge: Retains most of the case color on the action with blue in similar condition. 25 ½” bbls, 2 ½” chambers, double triggers, straight stock, 14 1/8″ LOP. 1 3/4″ DAC. 2 5/8″ DAH. 1/4″ cast on (for left-handed shooter), Price: $1,499.99