
The Nitro Special was not a fancy gun, but it was hell for strong. Lefever and Sons were highly regarded and are mostly collectors' items today.

The earlier Lefever double guns manufactured by the Lefever Arms Company and D.M. Ithaca had bought Lefever in 1916 and wanted to capitalize on the famous name. It was not a true Dan Lefever design rather it was an Ithaca boxlock design, the precursor of the famous Ithaca NID that appeared four years later.

American Lefever Nitro Special was introduced in 1921 and discontinued in 1948, making it the oldest gun included in this article.
