But these were not built on the Lefever pattern they are box lock action doubles that were precursors of Ithaca’s NID side-by-side guns. Thereafter, Ithaca stamped the name “Lefever” on thousands of “working man’s” double guns manufactured from the 1920s until 1948. Ithaca Gun Company acquired the Lefever firm, and the rights to its name, in 1916 and continued to assemble the true Lefever doubles until 1921 when it ceased production of Dan Lefever’s excellent side-by-side.
This side-by-side double is not a true Lefever, fine shotguns which were some of the best quality, turn-of-the-century, American sidelock double guns, designed and produced by Daniel Lefever of the Lefever Arms Company that operated out of Syracuse, New York, from 1883-1916. Call its nonagenarian entitlement to a few more days of bird hunting the “grandfather clause.” This January it is doing duty as my late-season pheasant gun and surprisingly outperforming some much younger guns. Maybe the elderly double gun should have been retired from the field and hung on the wall as hunting lodge decoration a few decades ago, but it is still working. 1925 – the year this Lefever Nitro Special was manufactured in Ithaca, New York.Ģ019 – the year the old 12-gauge was still taking pheasants on the wing at 94 years of age.
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