Have you checked the available serial numbers list to see if information is available on your Ithaca, Lefever, or Western Arms firearm? (on page 2) Watch your invoice or Records Office communication regarding fees. Limited records availability may decrease the fee for your letter. Learn more about firearms membership here. Ithaca factory letters are $92 for individuals who are not Firearms Members of the Center.
Western records are available throughout the 1930s. Western Arms Corporation (1929 – 1946) was created by Ithaca to produce a single model shotgun, the Long-Range Double. Surviving records end at the end of the 1930s. Ithaca’s Lefever shotguns start at serial number 100000.
Ithaca Gun Company purchased the Lefever Arms Company in 1916 and manufactured Lefever shotguns from 1921 into the early 1940s. (Ithaca, Lefever, and Western Arms on page 2) Lefever Arms Company These records typically include configuration data and often have customer information.įind more information on record availability here. The record collection also includes Lefever Arms Company (1927 – 1939) and Western Arms Corporation (1929 – 1939). Ithaca Gun Company factory records cover manufacture from 1886 into the mid-1980s with some gaps in the records.
