Syracuse Gun Weight Stamping

Posted by Stephen Sipprell on May 4, 2022, 2:53 pm

I recently acquired a Syracuse Grade 2 project gun (SN22764) from a fellow LCSCA member. It’s a 12ga with 32" fine Damascus barrels, LOP 14.25", and weighs in at 8lbs 4oz. I sent this information to David Williamson a couple weeks ago for his spreadsheet on Syracuse Guns (available on this website). This morning I removed the original TRAP GUN butt plate to inspect the condition of the stock underneath and noticed a stamping in the tail end of the butt stock. Its stamped 8 1/4 (see photo). Since this is what the gun actually weighs, I suspect that this gun was ordered and made to a specific weight and was stamped to indicate its final weight. Has anyone else seen a Syracuse gun with this stamping, or any LC Smith with a similar stamping? I am interested in seeing examples of other Syracuse, LC Smith, Hunter Arms guns with similar stampings in the butt stock. Best, Steve

Re: Syracuse Gun Weight Stamping

Posted by Stephen Sipprell on May 4, 2022, 3:18 pm, in reply to "Syracuse Gun Weight Stamping"

Here are a couple more images of SN22764.

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