First of all. Just to be clear- I am not trying to discourage the buyer. I obviously would keep buying them. I would love to have a little better luck though! I have bought zero 12 or 16 gauges Lefevers with barrel issues. I don't think "it's a standard Lefever problem" Now the first thing I ask myself is are the 20 ga guns I can afford, Junkers? That is possibly the case when bidding online, but likely irrelevant on the ones I've found on foot at reasonable or uneducated asking prices. As far as answering your questiosn, I don't know. I have wondered the same. Simply considering my numbers I would assume that fluid steel 20s were on the thin side to begin with BUT I have never received any commiserating data or opinions from others so my data is just one tiny piece of the puzzle.
