Re: 2 barrel multi gauge L C Smith guns Archived Message
Posted by Tom Archer on December 25, 2014, 5:26 pm, in reply to "2 barrel multi gauge L C Smith guns"
The shipping records record a 16 gauge A-2, two barrel set as having been shipped with one set of 16-bore and one set of 20-bore barrels; BUT, I've examined that gun personally and can attest that both barrels are 16-bore, so it appears the individual posting that entry to the shipping record made a mistake. Won't say such combinations are impossible, only that I have yet to see, or hear of a factory L. C. Smith two-gauge set. As to the other question, I've personally examined a Quality 7 Syracuse era gun originally shipped as a 10-bore then re-barreled to 12-bore at a later date; and there has been discussion here in the past of a 16-bore Syracuse era Smith gun that had been factory re-barreled from its original configuration as a 12-bore.
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