Re: ID a LC Smith-Hunter Arms Coach Gun 📂 Archived Message
Posted by Craig Staffan on March 13, 2019, 7:55 am, in reply to "ID a LC Smith-Hunter Arms Coach Gun"
I thank everyone for the information provided. I do believe the barrels have been cut, by who and when unknown. I did find a post from a Shotgun Forum;
"John Hunter Sr was also in the business of building Railroads and supplied railroads with Iron for rails and other metals, needed to build railroads. As gifts to these railroads many Hunter Arms L.C. Smith Coach Guns were gifted to the railroads, these guns were usually 12 gauge double guns, but not always. All had SN numbers most had short BBls. Because these L.C. Smith weapons were gifts to each individual railroad company, to entice further investments and purchases, many of the SN were not documented in the Hunter Arms shipping invoices. If you happen to see a short BBl L.C. Smith double gun, don't be real fast to write it off as a sawed waste of time, it could be a real nice coach gun."
Since it seems all documents are missing I may never know the full story behind this gun, It still looks good hanging on the wall.
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Message Thread:
- ID a LC Smith-Hunter Arms Coach Gun - Craig Staffan March 11, 2019, 8:07 am
- Re: ID a LC Smith-Hunter Arms Coach Gun - Tom Garver March 11, 2019, 9:39 am
- Re: ID a LC Smith-Hunter Arms Coach Gun - Craig Staffan March 12, 2019, 8:05 am
- Hunter Arms Coach Guns - Drew Hause March 12, 2019, 6:46 pm
- Re: ID a LC Smith-Hunter Arms Coach Gun - Craig Staffan March 13, 2019, 7:55 am
- Re: ID a LC Smith-Hunter Arms Coach Gun - cres mills March 13, 2019, 11:56 am
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