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Lefever Nitro Special

jayteejaytee Member Posts: 62 ✭✭
edited May 2007 in Ask the Experts
I have a lefever sxs double barrel. It is in moderate condition.
It has engravings on the frame of a duck flying in or out of water.
It has a bishop butt plate,it is stamped lefever arms ithica n.y. on one barrel and nitro special on the other. Serial number LL3815.
Serial numbers match. What is the value of this gun?
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  • jayteejaytee Member Posts: 62 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    According to the blue book lefever shot guns are realativly low priced through the most useable gauges but then you get to the .410 bore and prices triple. Are this prices realistic? 1000$+ for a .410, were there a scarce number of .410's?
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  • jayteejaytee Member Posts: 62 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Was looking at my grandpa's old lefever and had a question about the buttstock. His has a curved pistol grip but the only other one I've seen on the auction site had a straight grip. Which would be correct and is there anyway to find out how old this double barrel shotgun is? Also, I can't find any stamping on the barrels that tells the guage. Thanks
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  • jayteejaytee Member Posts: 62 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would like to find information on my Lefever Nitro Special double barrel 12ga with 30" barrels. It looks and works great. Serial # 349169
    *What year was it manufactered?
    *What are the markings under the barrels +4 & 2+
    *What is it worth?
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  • jayteejaytee Member Posts: 62 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I acquired subject SXS in 410 at a local show this weekend. It has a nickel receiver, trigger guard and fore end metal. My initial thought was to have the nickel removed. Upon closer examination however, it appears that the nickel is original due to the stamping of the serial no. and gauge. The numbers are crisp and deep. QUESTION: Would the nickel finish have been factory on this little shotgun?
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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello jaytee,

    Your grandpa's old Lefever Nitro Special is actually an Ithaca made gun. The serial number (found in several locations) will give us an idea of when it was made. According to the reference I have, Ithaca manufactured the Lefever Nitro Special from 1921 - 1947.

    Ithaca offered their double barrel shotguns with either a pistol grip buttstock or an English style straight grip buttstock. If you remove the barrels from the frame, there is a very good chance that the gauge will be stamped on either the frame or the bottom of the barrels. If all else fails, see if a dime will fit in the muzzle end of the left barrel.

    WACA Historian & Life Member

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  • LOKO383LOKO383 Member Posts: 7,503 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Bert H.
    Hello jaytee,

    Your grandpa's old Lefever Nitro Special is actually an Ithaca made gun. The serial number (found in several locations) will give us an idea of when it was made. According to the reference I have, Ithaca manufactured the Lefever Nitro Special from 1921 - 1947.

    Ithaca offered their double barrel shotguns with either a pistol grip buttstock or an English style straight grip buttstock. If you remove the barrels from the frame, there is a very good chance that the gauge will be stamped on either the frame or the bottom of the barrels. If all else fails, see if a dime will fit in the muzzle end of the left barrel.
    guys i'm lurking on this post i have my father's old Lefever nitro in 16ga,and was wondering about when it was manufactured. continue please,Loko[:D]
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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by LOKO383
    guys i'm lurking on this post i have my father's old Lefever nitro in 16ga,and was wondering about when it was manufactured. continue please,Loko[:D]


    What is the serial number on your 16 ga. Lefever Nitro? As I mentioned in my reply to the original querent, Ithaca manufactured them from 1921 - 1947.

    WACA Historian & Life Member

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  • LOKO383LOKO383 Member Posts: 7,503 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Bert H.
    quote:Originally posted by LOKO383
    guys i'm lurking on this post i have my father's old Lefever nitro in 16ga,and was wondering about when it was manufactured. continue please,Loko[:D]


    What is the serial number on your 16 ga. Lefever Nitro? As I mentioned in my reply to the original querent, Ithaca manufactured them from 1921 - 1947.
    BERT, SER# 35960X 16GA it has geese on the receiver,on both sides pat.D my father bought it in 1953 from the original owner he was 16yrs old,he will be 70 this july,Loko
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  • LOKO383LOKO383 Member Posts: 7,503 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    jaytee,sorry i am not hijacking your thread,just interested like you in knowing more about these particular sxs shotguns,thanks Robert[:D]
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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by LOKO383
    BERT,

    SER# 35960X 16GA it has geese on the receiver,on both sides pat.D my father bought it in 1953 from the original owner he was 16yrs old, he will be 70 this july, Loko


    1947 (the last year of production).

    WACA Historian & Life Member

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  • LOKO383LOKO383 Member Posts: 7,503 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Bert H.
    quote:Originally posted by LOKO383
    BERT,

    SER# 35960X 16GA it has geese on the receiver,on both sides pat.D my father bought it in 1953 from the original owner he was 16yrs old, he will be 70 this july, Loko


    1947 (the last year of production).
    Bert, thanks again for taking time to answer my questions,I do appreciate it,he wasn't sure [dad] thought maybe 1937,but now we know,for sure, this old sxs will stay in our family as someday it will be left to my nephew,thank you. Robert [:D]
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