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First Smith Field Grade SXS, Help needed!

Posted by Larry Demery on May 26, 2022, 12:46 am

Serial number.... RE18196

Don't know much about this particular shotgun. It is a Field Grade and It does have a beaver tail key lock on the forend, don't know what gauge. Hoping to get some direction

Re: First Smith Field Grade SXS, Help needed!

Posted by Drew Hause on May 26, 2022, 9:58 am, in reply to "First Smith Field Grade SXS, Help needed!"

Welcome Larry. A Research Letter would provide the gauge, DOM, original configuration, and to where the gun was shipped
https://lcsca.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=43784&module_id=245742

If a 12g the chambers would be (unless otherwise marked or after-market lengthened) 2 3/4"; 16g or 20g could be shorter and need to be measured, as does the choke constriction.

There is also a great deal of information in the FAQs
https://lcsca.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=274&club_id=43784

ANY vintage double deserves a check and clean by a qualified double gun smith before use.

Re: First Smith Field Grade SXS, Help needed!

Posted by Mike Harris on May 26, 2022, 9:59 am, in reply to "First Smith Field Grade SXS, Help needed!"

Larry, If it is a 12 gauge gun, it would have been built in 1919. Go to FAQ on the site and there are is a lot of info there. Best, Mike

Re: First Smith Field Grade SXS, Help needed!

Posted by Larry Demery on May 27, 2022, 1:33 pm, in reply to "Re: First Smith Field Grade SXS, Help needed!"

Thank you for the info, it's a big help

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