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Lefevers are not sidelocks at all. They are only called sidelocks by the gun-ignorant. Some of the earlier guns had the sears on the sideplates but the common Syracuse Lefever is only called a sidelock incorrectly. Sidelocks are sidelocks, sideplates are possibly correctly called "false sidelocks". There is no need to call a sideplate false or a sidelock a "true sidelock", as Larry said. Words mean things and the addition of false and/or true just adds to the confusion.

Presumably a false-hearted lover does have a working ticker. False in this context means deceptive, hermaphroditic, mutant, ambiguous, half bear and half alligator, capable of fooling the gun-ignorant. I'll have the Lefever special boxlunch with side of sears and cocking indies on a crisp bed of steel. If I get too full, I'll put the sears in the box for later.

jack

I DEFINITELY DO NOT RECOMMEND THESE NEW GUNS THAT DEGRADE THE "ELSIE" HERITAGE! THEY, AS POINTED OUT ALREADY ARE NOT MARLIN LATE 1940 PRODUCTS. THEY ARE ALSO NOT USA MANUFACTURED. WHAT THEY ARE.....MOSTLY GUNS MADE OVERSEAS....SOME IN TURKEY AND SOME BY FAUSTI IN ITALY. AS AN AVID ELSIE SHOOTER....I THOUGHT THAT I WOULD COMPLETE MY COLLECTION BY ACQUIRING ONE OF THESE NEW-AGE L.C. SMITH GUNS IN 28 GAUGE. THE GUN WAS A DISASTER...IT ARRIVED WITH THE BARRELS SEPARATING AND THE RIB COMING OFF THE GUN....WHILE STILL IN THE ORIGINAL BOX. I NEXT TRIED THE 20 GAUGE VERSION THAT ARRIVED WITH A SST THAT WOULD NOT SWAP-OVER AND A PRONOUNCED RATTLE IN THE ACTION. IT ALSO WENT BACK AND WAS TRADED WITH THE DEALER FOR A NEAR MINT MODEL 101 WINCHESTER ...THAT WAS OF COURSE SUPERB! SO IN SUM, FORGET WHAT ANOTHER ONE OF THE RESPONDERS ACCURATELY TITLES "EURO-TRASH".