I've collected Lefever serial numbers for 25 years and have over 5000 numbers. Knowing how Lefevers were truly numbered, I stick with my comment that 1/3 of the guns were built out of sequence. Its not very hard to tell the difference between a gun built while Dan was there, Durston built guns and Ithaca built guns.
Some questions to think about.
Why are there Ithaca built guns in the 30,000 range?
Why are there standard opener guns in the sidecocker range?
With the 8 ga guns mostly being built in 2 groups, why are some thumb push and others are pivot openers? Why are some cocking rod and some are 2 piece cockers?
I can tell you that I don't think there is anyone that has spent more hours studding Lefever numbers and how they relate to design changes in Syracuse Lefever's.
Bob
