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Equipment & Gear => Guns and Ammo => Topic started by: fethrduster on June 16, 2012, 07:30:25 AM

Title: Custom Lefever 16ga sxs
Post by: fethrduster on June 16, 2012, 07:30:25 AM: Here is a Lefever 16ga sxs (born 1903 +/-) that I converted from pistol grip (bottom gun in first photo) to straight grip, and I added fancy marble cake grain, a chukar on the forend, and my initials on a custom fleur de lis. It's my main upland gun, with 30" like new steel barrels choked ic/m. Lefevers never wear out due to an action adjusting screw, and they shoot really nice. This is a smooooth swinging gun, especially on long crossers.

before:
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After:

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It is actually a gun I used to own, and sold five years ago, when I had this brittany. I found it for sale again at a local shop, and jumped on it, for sentimental reasons. It's good to be re-acquainted, especially since the brit has passed on. Here's a pic of the gun and brit about five or six years ago:

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Title: Re: Custom Lefever 16ga sxs
Post by: AWS on June 16, 2012, 12:04:14 PM: That is nice! It looks like getting reaquainted was a good thing for the Lafever. You've turned it into something special.
Title: Re: Custom Lefever 16ga sxs
Post by: Stilly bay on June 16, 2012, 07:20:53 PM: gorgeous gun! first rate job. I wish Beretta would have taken some tips from you when they came up with their ugly "extra wood". your stuff is damn hard to tell apart from the real thing. I especially like the chukar on the fore arm latch :tup:

did you have to restock it? or did you convert the original stock?... or is that a trade secret :chuckle:

Im thinking its about time I dip my toes in the vintage gun world, I already shoot 2 1/2" low pressure loads... just gotta find a proper fowling piece.
Title: Re: Custom Lefever 16ga sxs
Post by: carpsniperg2 on June 16, 2012, 07:24:17 PM: Great looking scatter gun :tup:
Title: Re: Custom Lefever 16ga sxs
Post by: fethrduster on June 18, 2012, 03:05:50 PM: Quote from: Stilly bay on June 16, 2012, 07:20:53 PM
gorgeous gun! first rate job. I wish Beretta would have taken some tips from you when they came up with their ugly "extra wood". your stuff is damn hard to tell apart from the real thing. I especially like the chukar on the fore arm latch :tup:

did you have to restock it? or did you convert the original stock?... or is that a trade secret :chuckle:

Im thinking its about time I dip my toes in the vintage gun world, I already shoot 2 1/2" low pressure loads... just gotta find a proper fowling piece.

Thanks for the kind words everyone. No trade secrets or re-stock, I just converted it from a pistol grip to a straight grip. I do that pretty frequently. It's not easy, because you have to inlet and weld a new long tang, change toe angles, etc., but I really like straight grips, and all my guns have them except for the plastic 311 I recently picked up. I also remove cheek pieces fairly frequently. :IBCOOL:
Title: Re: Custom Lefever 16ga sxs
Post by: jackmaster on June 18, 2012, 03:10:16 PM: WOW, dude that ia awesome, my grandpa gave me an old stevens double barrel 16ga, i thank you cause you have given me some good ideas.. :tup:
Title: Re: Custom Lefever 16ga sxs
Post by: fethrduster on June 19, 2012, 10:58:34 AM: Quote from: jackmaster on June 18, 2012, 03:10:16 PM
WOW, dude that ia awesome, my grandpa gave me an old stevens double barrel 16ga, i thank you cause you have given me some good ideas.. :tup:

Thanks! I remember you showing me some of those when I was over duck hunting. Glad to help!