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they were made out of steel in 1885 They were all made with steel barrels. The earliest, by Lefever & Barber Co in 1874-75 were damascus or laminated steel. Fluid steel barrels would have been introduced about 1900.
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Watertable, forearm metal, and barrels
Take the forearm off, it's usually on the bottom of the barrels.
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There is a takedown latch (lever) under the forearm. Pull it down, then remove the forearm from the barrels by pivoting away. Carefully slide the lever on top to release the barrels in the usual manner of breaking the barrels open. The barrels can then be lifted off the lug from the frame as you break the action open.
Pull on the front of the forearm it will come apart from the barrels......then break open the shotgun (like you were going to load it and the barrels will come apart from the reciever.
Open the action. It is stamped on the water table, which is the flat part of the frame where the barrels sit. sales@countrygunsmith.net
If it doesn't say Lefever somewhere on the gun, I don't think you have a Lefever.
I'll answer my own question. You pull on the front of the forearm and it should detach from the barrels allowing barrel removal. Mine was seriously stuck. Its off now.
In order to determine the age of Lefever shotgun, the serial number must be known. However, Lefever shotguns were only made and distributed between 1885-1916.
Your shotgun was manufactured in 1923, by Ithica Guns which took over the Lefever brand when they acquired the corporation in 1916.