To me, no, it isn't quite reasonably priced. It is "refinished", but certainly not restored anywhere near original Lefever finishes. It has what would be considerable left cast for even a left handed shooter. The right handed seller says he can shoot it, but there is a difference between shooting, and shooting well. For a right handed shooter, it should have built in lead for right to left crossing shots. It has an ugly non-original recoil pad. And it has a garish case hardening job. It seems awfully heavy at 7 lb. 11 oz. considering the minimum barrel wall thicknesses. With 30" barrels and those extra full chokes, I wouldn't be surprised if it started out at closer to 8 lbs. and had some fairly deep pits polished out. And why is the seller requiring FFL transfer for an 1891 gun?

Bachelder does seem to do pretty nice work on Damascus barrel bluing. But these seem more brown and white than black and white. We don't know who did the case hardening, but very few are able to reproduce original Lefever case colors. So a re-do almost always stands out like a sore thumb. From this distance, the stock wood looks original, but poorly refinished for sure.

Somebody is trying to recoup what they spent on a poor refinish job that screwed up a collectible gun... and it shouldn't be you who pays for that mistake.


A true sign of mental illness is any gun owner who would vote for an Anti-Gunner like Joe Biden.