The Sporting Life reports of state shoots from 1895 to about 1905 frequently mention Lefever, Smith, and Parker guns as prizes.

At the 1896 Empire State Tournament, Dan Lefever won a Smith gun in a raffle, then had his own Lefever stolen.
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At the New York State Association Tournament June 8-11, 1897 in Auburn, N.Y., Harvey McMurchy won a “$12 case of whiskey”.