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    Re: LC Smith 16 ga found at local show Archived Message

    Posted by David W on February 11, 2007, 7:35 am, in reply to "LC Smith 16 ga found at local show "

    JLF, your serial number letter T is for Trap. It should be also have an "E" for ejectors. Does it have any words around the trigger guard like Hunter One-Trigger in an oval or Hunter One-Trigger in a line along side the trigge?. It's possible that it was sent back to the factory for the ejectors to be put on, if there is not a "E" on the barrels water table.
    A 16 ga. with 32" barrels and with those options would be worth possibly twice more than a 12 ga with the same options.
    If it is indeed a Trap Grade, there should be some engraving on the sideplates of men lined up at a trap.
    95% condition in the Blue Book of Gun Values, 26th Edition lists the Trap Grade at $2,000 plus 33% more for 16 ga.
    It's tough to find any guage with 32" barrels.
    Good luck and let us know and hope you will join the LCSCA.


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