This gun has some similarities to a Lefever, but nothing close enough to say it would have been made from leftover parts. As I & DS guns seem to be virtually identical except for the grade stamp I seriously doubt many were allowed to leave the Syracuse plant. Elliot's book pictures an I grade bearing a 44K serial number which should be well after Uncle Dan left, so there would seem to be no real indication the I was dropped immediately upon his departure. Total shape of both frame & plates are different from Lefevers.
