The guy buying it will no doubt want to trade it for box tops. But don't be too much in a hurry to let anyone talk you down. I would start at $2000 and go down from there. Really unique guns are hard to price because there is nothing to compare it to. NO idea on the extra barrel, but at second glance $1200 is probably much too low. I have no idea how much to add in for the upgraded wood and second barrel because no mention of wood, checkering or extra barrels are listed, but you could easily 20-30% for the wood and another 10-20% for the checkering. You can add $120 for the trigger, another $120 for the forend. The base price for a mint condition Nitro Special is about $600. No book I have shows anything resembling this although it does give price premiums for various options. Shame you don't have a better picture because it is very nice. Add to that the two barrel set, with skeet barrels, single trigger. April 26–27, 2013.High grade checkering, beavertail forend fine grade wood. The 4th Annual Uncle Dan Cup will be held at the Spring 2013 Southern Side By Side in Sanford, NC. The 3rd Annual Uncle Dan Cup was held again at the Greater Northeast Side by Side in Friendsville, PA, on June 2, 2012. LACA held the 2nd Annual shoot-off during the June 2011 Nimrod Classic in Bozeman, MT. The first "Uncle Dan Lefever Cup" was awarded during the Greater Northeast Side by Side in Friendsville, PA, on June 6, 2010. Only LACA members, firing Lefever guns, are eligible for the award. The highest scoring shooter wins a trophy engraved with the year the champion won. The "Uncle Dan LeFever Cup" shoot-off is held annually during a LACA designated trap shoot event. The Lefever Arms Collectors Association created the "Uncle Dan Lefever Cup" in honor of the legacy of D.M. Lefever" guns to be the finest ever produced in America. These were manufactured until the early 1940s. Shortly after that the Ithaca Gun Company used the Lefever name to market an inexpensive gun, the "Lefever Nitro Special", that was of their own design, having nothing to do with D. These were made using primarily left-over parts from the Syracuse operation. Ithaca continued to produce Lefever-designed guns under the Lefever Arms Company name in Ithaca, New York until 1921. The Lefever Arms Company continued to make fine Lefever designed shotguns in Syracuse until 1916 when they were purchased by the Ithaca Gun Company. His remains are interred, with his wife (who died in 1898), in Woodlawn Cemetery in Syracuse. Lefever died on October 29 in Syracuse of a stomach ulcer. In 1906 they returned to Syracuse, New York, however, before being able to re-establish a viable company D. In 1904 they moved to Ohio, first in Defiance and within a year in Bowling Green. They continued to make fine hammerless shotguns, but could not compete with the larger Lefever Arms Company. Lefever (also known as Fred who later invented the Model 25 Daisy BB pump gun ), Frank, and George. Lefever, Sons & Company with sons Charles F. Lefever left Lefever Arms Company to form D. However, he remained as superintendent until 1902.
Lefever lost control of his company which by then was called Lefever Arms Company. He also patented the automatic ejector system which ejected the used shells when the breech was opened. This internalized the cocking mechanism so that the gun was automatically cocked when the breech was closed. Lefever patented the first truly automatic hammerless shotgun. Lefever patented his hammerless shotgun in 1880 he had left Nichols & Lefever and gone into business for himself. Louis Bench Show and Sportsman's Association for the best breech-loading shotgun in America.īy the time D. These guns were cocked with a cocking lever on the side of the breech. Lefever worked on the development of the hammerless shotgun. Lefever then joined with John Nichols and formed Nichols & Lefever. This partnership lasted a short two years.ĭ. Again they made breech-loading shotguns and rifles. Here he joined with Lorenzo Barber to form Barber & Lefever. This firm dissolved in late 1873 or early 1874. They also converted muzzle-loading guns to breech-loading. This firm made primarily breechloading double shotguns. Lefever moved to Auburn, New York where he joined with Francis Dangerfield to form Dangerfield & Lefever. They built long-range rifles which were used in the American Civil War. In 1862 he joined with James Ellis to form Lefever & Ellis. His principal business was making muzzle-loading rifles. He opened his own gunshop in Canandaigua in 1857. He married Sarah Stead on June 10, 1857, in Canandaigua. Born in Hopewell, New York, Uncle Dan Lefever's gunmaking career began as an apprentice in Canandaigua, New York in the early 1850s.