I certainly couldn't say the crown was or wasn't. It is rather interesting though. The LCS Forum archives show (at one time anyway) that this was the earliest Crown Grade 20ga. With the other special features (3" chambers, checkered triggers, safety) well...maybe. I never saw anything like it before but I haven't had that many LCS. It doesn't have HOT. They must have had many more trap shooters back in the day.