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Age of 10 Ga. Hammer Gun

Posted by Chuck Loveless on January 27, 2024, 10:05 am

I have a 10 ga. hammer gun that I would like to know more about. The serial # is 12790 with an "F" stamp. It has Stub Twist barrels. I'm looking for the year of make if possible and any other info about it. New member here and look forward to learning more about all my LC"s. Thanks

Re: Age of 10 Ga. Hammer Gun

Posted by David Williamson on January 27, 2024, 10:43 am, in reply to "Age of 10 Ga. Hammer Gun"

Your gun is from 1884-85 and is a Syracuse L.C. Smith. The F grade was the lowest priced hammer gun made and cost $55.00 then, about $1700 today. Some of these guns are still in use today after being looked at by someone that knows L.C. Smith's, not your run-of-the mill gunsmith.
If your ever get a chance to take off the lock plate/s look and see if there is a pat date of Nov. 27,1883 on one of them. This was a patent for the bar action lock to fit into a side plate.

Age of 10 Ga. Hammer Gun

Posted by Chuck Loveless on January 27, 2024, 3:10 pm, in reply to "Re: Age of 10 Ga. Hammer Gun"

I completely disassembled the gun to clean it, so the side plates are off. The pat. date is March 29 83. I got it from an old friend who rarely shot it. Thanks for your reply!

Pat. dates

Posted by David Williamson on January 27, 2024, 3:56 pm, in reply to "Age of 10 Ga. Hammer Gun"

Your patent date is for Breech-loading mech., joint and ejector system The patent number is 274,435 this is before the side lock system. Mine is Side lock system, LC Smith hammer guns
11/27/84 patent number 289,062
You can Google those patent dates and it will have a detailed explanation.

Age of 10 Ga. Hammer Gun

Posted by Chuck Loveless on January 28, 2024, 6:05 am, in reply to "Re: Age of 10 Ga. Hammer Gun"

Thanks for the info, I checked the patents out! I'll have more questions coming soon!

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