Patent dates Archived Message
Posted by Drew Hause on October 14, 2015, 10:53 am, in reply to "LC smith pat. july1886 12g. hammerless Damascus? ???"
Lewis: The 3/20/83 patent date was found on action flats 1883- c.1902. Oct. 5- 86 and July 13- 86 patent dates were stamped on receivers until about 1913. You can find the date of production of your gun under "Shotguns" on the Home Page.
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