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There was no specific date, you could order them either way for many years, damascus was usually the more expensive of the two. I'm quite sure though that any Lefevers made by Ithaca had "steel" barrels (although there probably were some Lefever made guns left over and sold by Ithaca). Ithaca acquired Lefever something around 1916.

Your LeFever 16 in good shape is worth about $300. In excellent shape about $450. It is hard to grade a shotgun without seeing it. Most of the ones I have were good to poor.

Your Lefever Nitro Special was actually mfg'd by Ithaca Arms Co about late 1921 or 1922. Ithaca Arms purchased the assets of Lefever Arms in 1916 and started Mfg Nitro Special in 1921. A friend of mine recently purch'd a 12 GA in fair to good condtion for $150.

the year this gun was made was 1913. the ds grade is worth $250.00 poor to $1250.00 exe

There were 6 grades, E D C B A AA. Serial should be 2000-2500. Grade F added in 1889. 1892 Ideal or G grade added. 1899 I and DS were added. Grade should appear under forearm stock. Must know if barrelled in damascus or krupp steel? Company was sold in 1906. Must know single or double trigger and if any engravings. Respond for value. Also, looking for Fox Sterlingsworth, 1927! (Avid side by side collector)

I hope we're on the same page here. Is your gun a single barrel break action? In my reference, the Long Range field grade is listed separately from the trap grade. But the only difference is that one has an extractor and the other an ejector. With an extractor, NRA Very Good = $300, Excellent = $350. With an ejector, $450 and $550.

What kind of info do you need? please email me at eagle44mag@adelphia.net and I will try to help thanks Rick

It sounds like a fine gun and could be worth anywhere from $400 to 900. depending on condition.

Great gun fro trap & skeet and use and good 16 guage load for small game or specific skeet/trap

Most of these models were made in 1906 or 1907 making it an antique. If the weapon has little of its own finish, the value decreases dramatically. If kept in excellent condition the item can be valued at $20,000.

I'd suggest trying the web site at Double gun gunshop.com or Keith Keacher

This should address: http://www.gunshop.com/dgsnos3.htm should at least give an idea of the year your shotgun was made and then I suggest you look up your gun in the Blue Book of Gun Values and they will have a price estimate for grade and grading.

To get a parts breakdown you would need to take the shotgun into a gun store. The store will be able to provide an estimate, or order new parts.

The Blue Book suggests a value of $120 in 60% condition, $250 in 90% or $330 in 100%. Don't over-clean. Copper wool (not steel wool) and gun oil to remove the rust if it has any. Then give all metal parts a light coat of gun oil and use a good furniture polish on the wooden parts. Don't get the oil on the wood or the polish on the metal.

The Lefever Nitro Special was made by Ithaca. Yours was made in 1923.

I have an original 16 ga. nitro special made by Lefever. The sight bead is one eighth if an inch in diameter.

The Lefever single barrel trap gun was discontinued in 1942. Any Lefever in better than 90% condition is extremely rare and difficult to evaluate. In 90% condition it would be worth about $550; in 10%, $195.

Hello... I to recently was looking for the age of a Lefever SXS 12 Ga Damascus Twist Shotgun with the SN# 19958.... Sounds as if your looking for the same infor.. ...

PS... Mine is marked with the same Patent Dates....

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YEAR GUN # Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1880 5000 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1881 5500 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1882 6500 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1883 7500 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1884 8049 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1885 8500 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1886 9500 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1887 10000 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1888 10500 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1889 11500 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1890 12500 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1891 14552 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1892 17240 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1893 20264 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1894 22112 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1895 23288 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1896 24856 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1897 25556 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1898 27180 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1899 28916 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1900 31632 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1901 36364 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1902 40480 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1903 45408 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1904 49496 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1905 51064 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1906 54592 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1907 57924 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1908 60164 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1909 61704 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1910 62824 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1911 65092 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1912 65512 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1913 69544 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1914 71336 Lefever Arms Co. - Lefever Sidelock Model Guns 1915-1919 73000 plus

YEAR GUN # Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1921 100,000 - 101599 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1922 119899 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1923 158699 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1924 185399 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1925 214399 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1926 233007 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1927 252699 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1928 272999 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1929 297199 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1930 298699 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1933 298749 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1934 299249 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1935 299999 See A Grade Listed Below Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1935 325000-327299 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1936 336399 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1937 345099 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1938 345899 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1939 347099 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1940 353099 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1941 354999 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1942 356299 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1946 357299 Lefever Nitro Special - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1947 361199

Lefever A Grade - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) YEAR GUN # Lefever A Grade - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1934 300000-300654 Lefever A Grade - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1935 301007 Lefever A Grade - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1936 301023 Lefever A Grade - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1937 301037 Lefever A Grade - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1938 301045

Lefever A Grade - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1935 301050-301699 Lefever A Grade - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1936 302099 Lefever A Grade - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1937 302399 Lefever A Grade - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1938 302456 Lefever A Grade - (Made by Ithaca Gun Co.) 1939 302496

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I can say that the LeFever Nitro Special was made from 1921-1948.I do not know if the serial numbers by year of production are available in the public domain.You may have the Grade A field model due to the engraved ducks on the side.These were made from 1934-1942.Barrel length was available from 26in.-32in,of which your shotgun fits.

The best that I can say is that the Lefever Nitro special was made from 1921-1948.I do not know if the serial numbers to year of production is available in the public domain.

The lefever Nitro special was made by Ithaca Arms from 1921-1948.That being said i believe that yours was made in 1927.I do know that you can contact Ithaca arms and they will date your shotgun for you.

I would say that with the serial number 1321XX,we are looking at your shotgun being made by ithaca(who made the lefever nitro special) in 1924.