I think old Lefevers are really neat, but...the days of "project guns" may well be behind us now.
Unless you yourself are competent to do most of the work needed to put a gun back in order, most will now languish. The few truly-competent doublegun gunsmiths are all now doubled-booked and ageing out, with very few (if any) younger people stepping up to replace them (and the money simply isn't there to tempt them) and moreover, since the love of these guns is largely driven by nostalgia, very few younger folks (younger than 30) have any interest in them. They simply don't have any connection to them or if they do, it's far-overshadowed by other considerations (in Maslow's hierarchy of needs these things don't even register). They have become artefacts of another time and another place.
If these guns ultimately become dirt-cheap and commonly available (& some are now), that might change (but that presumes a number of things, like "legality" and then having practical places to use them).
For the 1st time in my life I now own guns that will, in all practicality, not ever be used much. In even the recent past, this was a guarantee of a quick trip down the road of commerce, but these days that's thankfully not so-necessary (the rewards of now habitual delayed-gratification, eh?). I own them mostly for fondling and then enjoying the visual effect. Having them as "possessions" seems like an accomplishment of some sort (a classic example of "yesterdays treasures") but I can't imagine anybody much younger than me feeling the same way about them (& 70 is looming ever larger these days).
Last edited by Lloyd3; 07/15/25 02:40 PM.
