Lefever & Sons with three of his sons and quickly introduced a new crossbolt boxlock action. Note how the case colors remain vivid in the protected areas around the shoulders and cocking indicators, but are faded around the edges-indicating natural wear.ĭuring 1901, Dan Lefever, dissatisfied with his partners’ control of the company, cashed out his assets and withdrew as superintendent of Lefever Arms Co. While appearing to be a sidelock gun, Lefevers actually incorporated a boxlock mechanism with unique cocking indicators in the upper middle of the sideplates. Superior condition and originality are everything when determining the correct value of major trademark American shotguns. In today’s collectible shotgun marketplace, early guns like this one with Damascus or laminated steel barrels in top-notch, original condition can approach the value of a similar make/model with fluid steel barrels.
in June of 1884 in Syracuse, N.Y., at the beginning of the golden age of American double-barrel shotguns, and was also the first to offer a single trigger during 1898. “Uncle Dan” Lefever is credited with making the first successful hammerless side-by-side shotgun made in America, and an early brochure boasted “no hammers to obstruct the sight or catch on twigs or brushes.” This early EE Grade with ejectors on both Damascus barrels originally sold for more than $150 with the case during 1893-the same year American Bell Telephone Co.
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