Bob has expanded our knowledge base on LeFevers a ton. Truth is we will never know for sure and that bugs some of us a lot. Most of my thoughts, such as they are, reflect what I have learned from about a dozen people along with things I have picked up from other interest. Ithaca seems to have bought several small arms makers around the 1910-1920 time frame. One I have been collecting for some time was the Toledo Firearms company. Why they bought them out I do not know as they never used any of their firearms. Perhaps there was some machinery, or perhaps the held a patent that interested Ithaca or they bought them intending to makes something they held a patent on and never used it. Plans change. I think Ithaca was more interested in the name right than any machinery or guns that LeFever made. LeFever would be a nice "brand name" to use for a product line and that is exactly what Ithaca ended up doing with it.
