1921 12 ga, Featherweight with 3-position safety?Archived Message
Posted by Alan Nickelson on June 25, 2018, 12:55 am
I have a 12 ga, Hunter Arms SN Fw 36640 which is listed in the look up tables as manufactured in 1921. Serial numbers on barrels, forearm and action all match.
The safety, if it is unmodified, is forward to Safe, rear to fire. It does not auto return to safe when the action is opened. That behavior seems more like the common errors of reassembly of a 3 position safety.
I have also heard it said (outside this group) that LC's did not put the 3 position safety on Fw guns. Am I incorrect thinking that the Fw prefix on the serial is indicating Featherweight?