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Lefever Arms Company

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Lefever Arms Company
Company typeGun Manufacturing, later ventured into transmissions and jackshafts
IndustryGun industry, automotive industry
GenreGuns, transmissions
Founded1883
FounderDaniel Lefever
FateGun business merged into Ithaca Gun Company in 1916
Transmission business merged into Durston Gear Company in 1916
Headquarters,
Area served
United States
ProductsGuns, automotive parts

The Lefever Arms Company (1883–1916) was a manufacturer of guns in Syracuse, New York founded by Daniel Lefever. The company was in the business of gun manufacture until 1916, when it merged with Ithaca Gun Company in Ithaca, New York, which continued Lefever production until 1921.

By 1912, the company ventured into the manufacture of transmissions and jackshafts for motor wagons. This subsidiary was merged with the Durston Gear Company in 1916.

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Lefever Arms Company - Advertisement "Ejector Gun" - 1896
Lefever Arms Company - Advertisement, Power Trucks - 1912
Lefever Arms Company - Advertisement, Shotgun - 1914
Lefever Arms Company - Advertisement, Lefever Guns - December, 1916

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