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20 ga A2 with 32" barrels

Posted by Ken Descovich on January 30, 2021, 3:47 pm

Okay who got it? I tried but didn't have deep enough pockets.
Ken

Re: 20 ga A2 with 32" barrels

Posted by Drew Hause on January 30, 2021, 4:23 pm, in reply to "20 ga A2 with 32" barrels"

The gun is no longer for sale so the listing can be linked
https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/shotguns/l-c--smith-shotguns/l-c--smith-a2-20-gauge-shotgun---super-rare--1-of-6-made--30--barrels--provenance--english-stock.cfm?gun_id=101191608

Re: 20 ga A2 with 32" barrels

Posted by denver dillard on January 30, 2021, 6:56 pm, in reply to "20 ga A2 with 32" barrels"

I'm with you Ken. I was a few K short.

Re: 20 ga A2 with 32" barrels

Posted by Ken Descovich on January 30, 2021, 8:33 pm, in reply to "Re: 20 ga A2 with 32" barrels"

Drew,
That's a different gun this one was at auction with Milestone auction in Ohio and was listed as a crown grade. It needed some work but it was the only one made. Somebody is dancing a jig tonight.
Ken

Re: 20 ga A2 with 32" barrels

Posted by Drew Hause on January 31, 2021, 7:32 am, in reply to "Re: 20 ga A2 with 32" barrels"

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/95495815_1913-lc-smith-crown-grade-20-ga-2-barell-set

Re: 20 ga A2 with 32" barrels

Posted by Ken Descovich on January 31, 2021, 9:26 am, in reply to "Re: 20 ga A2 with 32" barrels"

Yep that's it.

Re: 20 ga A2 with 32" barrels

Posted by Tom Archer on January 31, 2021, 10:01 am, in reply to "20 ga A2 with 32" barrels"

It may be a rare bird and likely didn't go for cheap, but it's also going to take some deep pockets for a proper restoration; and some things, like the deep pitting on the top rib of the Whitworth barrels can never be repaired. The 26" barrels and forearm are clearly a later vintage factory addition, and the fact that the 26" barrels were marked Crown Grade is the reason the auction company listed the gun as a Crown rather than an A2 model. In my opinion the butt stock has been replaced; wrong color, lack of ribbon work in the checkering pattern, and the fact that the decorative "wing" is separated from the rest of the pattern is evidence. The crazed finish is also another reason; Hunter high-grade finishes don't craze. Sad to see a rare high-grade Smith gun so badly mistreated; but we also know there are other examples. I hope whoever purchased the gun will indeed restore the piece to as close to original as possible.

Re: 20 ga A2 with 32" barrels

Posted by Ken Descovich on January 31, 2021, 1:06 pm, in reply to "Re: 20 ga A2 with 32" barrels"

Correct restoration was my plan. I also felt the same about the buttstock as being replaced, clearly the forend is correct and much darker than the buttstock. I cant imagine how the buttstock became so crazed. But its only a memory now.
Ken

Re: 20 ga A2 with 32" barrels

Posted by Larry S. Moore on February 7, 2021, 6:54 am, in reply to "Re: 20 ga A2 with 32" barrels"

I too was looking at it but I knew my pockets were not deep enough. I believe Frank Finch bought it.

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