Re: Nash Buckingham's L.C. Smith Archived Message
Posted by Jim Stubbendieck on June 26, 2016, 2:45 pm, in reply to "Re: Nash Buckingham's L.C. Smith"
A few of the L.C. Smiths in the Hunter Arms Company ledgers were shipped to Buckingham, Ensley & Carrigan. If any Smiths were "consigned" (using that term) to this or any other company, I have not observed it the record. While a company could return a shotgun to the factory, these returns usually happened within a month of the initial shipping. Shotguns consigned to well-know shooters or celebrities were returned from six months to two years after the initial shipping.
Serial Number 91527 was "consigned" (using that term) to Nash Buckingham, not Buckingham, Ensley & Carrigan, to be used free of charge and to be returned to the company. The return was done 15 months after the consignment. While it is possible, I believe that it is unlikely that Hunter Arms would lend a shotgun to Buckingham so that one of his customers or friends could use it.
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