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1399
$4,025.00
Revised: 3/10/2007 

*SCARCE L.C. SMITH EAGLE GRADE DOUBLE BARREL SHOTGUN. Cal. 12 ga. SN RE86684. Beautiful high quality shotgun with 26-1/16” Nitro Steel bbls choked CYL/CYL, possibly cut from another length. They have a tapered, flat, matted, ventilated rib with dbl ivory beads, crossbolt rib extension, ejectors and Miller sgl selective trigger. It originally had a Hunter One-trigger. Mounted with very nicely figured, marbled French walnut with checkered, tapered, beavertail forearm & semi-pistol grip stock, 13-5/16” over a serrated, hard rubber buttplate. It has a hard rubber grip cap. Receiver & lockplates are engraved in typical eagle grade patterns with a flying pheasant on left side, a flying duck on right side and an eagle on opening lever pivot, all with stippled background and with foliate arabesque patterns. Bore diameter: left – .744, right – .743. Bore restrictions: left – .013, right – .011. Wall thickness: left – .023, right – .018. Drop at heel: 2-1/8”, drop at comb: 1-3/8”. Weight: 7 lbs. 6.08 oz. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter identifying this shotgun as Eagle grade with 32” bbls with regular frame, ejectors, one trigger beavertail forearm & ventilated rib, shipped Oct. 28, 1925 to Julian I. Chisholm. CONDITION: Fine to very fine. Bbls retain most of a professionally restored rust blue with some thinning toward muzzles. Receiver & lockplates retain brilliant case colors. Stock has a hairline back of top tang & each lockplate, otherwise wood is sound and retains most of its beautiful custom finish. Mechanics are fine, bright shiny bores. 4-30202 JR194 (3,000-5,000)


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2007
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