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    Need help identifying a shotgun Archived Message

    Posted by Jim Supica on July 31, 2007, 6:22 pm

    I'm a firearms dealer who has been consigned a shotgun to sell. The owner believes it to be an L.C. Smith Specialty Grade. I'm not much of a doubles guy, but I'm afraid I may have to tell her it's not what she thinks.

    Here's my observations that raise my concern:

    * Neither LC Smith nor Hunter Arms is marked anywhere on the gun, although there are what I think are Hunter Arms proofs on the bottoms of the barrels. No words nor numbers anywhere on the exterior of the gun.

    * Both the water table & the barrel bottoms are prominently marked "FIELD".

    * I'm interpreting the s/n on the water table as FWS5769. The factory records at Cody show this as a Field Grade Featherweight shipped in 1946.

    * There's a considerable gap in the fit at the rear of the forend.

    My guess is that this is a Hunter Arms L.C. Smith Field Grade that has been nicely engraved and the wood carved in the oak leaf pattern, and possible with the wood replaced, but I could be completely off track on this.

    Image at http://armchairgunshow.com/images/0-lcsmith.

    Does that make sense? Any guidance as to value?

    If it's inappropriate for a dealer to post, please accept my apologies & disregard this posting. The gun is not for sale now.

    Thanks in advance -- Jim Supica, Old Town Station, Ltd. - ArmchairGunShow.com

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