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I am working on an E grade Lefever #585XX. The chokes are F/F with 30 in barrels. The wall thickness is .58 and .60 at muzzles. There is a 2 on the watertable on the same side as the E. My question is about the barrel thickness. The barrels barely fit in the barrel rack of my safe. They are thicker than than my Wildfowl LC Smith. Is this uncommon or were there options for barrel size/weight for these.
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You didn't mention the gauge, but I assume you are talking about a 12 gauge. I have owned and handled E grade 12 gauge guns ranging in weight just over 6 lbs to 8 lbs.. In E grade Lefevers with 30" barrels I have owned guns ranging from 7 lbs to about 8 lbs.. What does the Lefever you are working on weigh? Most of the difference in weight tends to be in the barrels, with smaller variations in weight in the frames and stock. Wall thickness at the muzzle is not a good measure of wall thickness. Can you locate a gunsmith or store that has a wall thickness gauge that allows you to move the barrels for their full length or nearly full length over the gauge so that you determine the minimum wall thickness in the entire barrel length? The thinnest point will likely be well behind of the muzzle. Are yours Damascus or fluid steel barrels? How are the barrels marked on your gun, both on the top of the barrels and underneath on the barrel flats and on and around the lugs? Any letters around the lugs? Other markings or inscriptions?
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Several months ago, I bought a Lefever H grade 12 gauge gun. When it arrived, I was giving it the once over inspection and measured the chokes. One barrel was around .745" and the other was even larger. My quick initial reaction was to think some fool reamed the chokes to over bore size. Then I noted that the wall thickness at the muzzles looked very healthy. I dropped a fired 12 ga. shell into the chamber and it rattled around. To my delight, a 2 7/8" 10 ga. shell fit perfectly. H grades were not marketed in the Lefever catalogs as having been produced in 10 ga., but here it was. This was not easy to spot because this particular gun is a light 10 ga. that is only a few thousandths wider at the breech than a heavy 12.
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