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    I am looking for a smith who can repair my old LC Smith Archived Message

    Posted by Justin on January 8, 2007, 8:44 pm

    I posted on this forum quite a long time ago but I lost the information I got. I have an old LC Smith with serial #910, it is a low grade three barrel gun. The receiver is stamped Dec 18, 1877 and it has been in my family since it was new. I would like to return it to working order and at least take it out hunting just once before casing it up and storing it, with the intent of passing it on when the time comes.

    Currently it has one broken firing pin for one of the shot barrels and it seems something is wrong with the cocking mechanism for the .44-40 barrel as the forward switch will not lock in place, and my understanding is that this is how one cocks the hammer for that barrel. I have both firing pins in a small bag (including the broken one) - apparently my father had them removed when my brother and I were younger to prevent us from putting modern shells in it and potentially pretzeling the barrels.

    I have pictures of the gun at the URL attached. Any pointers on an experienced and trustworthy smith who can repair this would be greatly appreciated. I am willing to ship it if necessary, I live in northern VA.

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