*RARE L.C. SMITH MONOGRAM GRADE FEATHERWEIGHT DBL BBL SHOTGUN.

*RARE L.C. SMITH MONOGRAM GRADE FEATHERWEIGHT DBL BBL SHOTGUN. Cal. 20 ga. SN 17274. Beautiful & rare shotgun with 28″ bbls choked MOD/MOD with tapered concave matted rib & sgl ivory bead with an engraved wide gold band near chamber end. It has crossbolt rib extension, ejectors & Hunter One trigger. Right bbl is engraved “SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH FLUID COMPRESSED STEEL” & left “MADE TO ORDER BY THE HUNTER ARMS CO. INC. FULTON, N.Y.” Rib extension is engraved “L.C. SMITH MONOGRAM GRADE”. Receiver & lockplates are beautifully engraved with two flying pigeons on each lockplate & a flying duck on bottom. All surrounded by foliate & floral & arabesque pattern engraving with about 80% coverage on receiver. Top tang has an engraved safety with “S” in gold. Engraving extends about 2″ over chambers with a small border pattern at muzzle. Trigger guard & forend iron are engraved to match. Forend release button is checkered & water table, standing breech & inside forend iron are beautifully jeweled as are bbl flats, lug & forearm lug. Mounted with spectacular burled honey & chocolate Circassian walnut with black insert full checkered & carved splinter forearm & straight stock with fleur-de-lis checkered & carved straight stock, 14-5/8″ over a fleur-de-lis carved & checkered butt. Both stock & forearm are numbered to gun. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter fully identifying this shotgun with two listings in records, one shows purchaser as “Suomen Asuuskauppojia” & the other “H.C. Glochmer Co.” on Nov. 22, 1919. Drop at heel: 2″, drop at comb: 1-3/8″. Bore restrictions: left – .014, right – .014. Wall thickness: left – .022, right – .025. Bore diameter: left – .606, right – .609. Weight: 6 lbs. 2.88 oz. CONDITION: Exceptionally fine, all matching as noted. Retains virtually all of its brilliant orig factory finish to both metal & wood. Bbls have slight muzzle edge wear. Case colors on receiver & lockplates are brilliant & orig with edge wear on fences. Trigger guard retains virtually all of its brilliant blue. Wood is sound with one or two very minor handling & storage marks & a series of tiny nicks on left side of buttstock. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bores. Possibly an unfired gun. 4-56668 JR606 (20,000-30,000)

Auction: Firearms - Spring 2006

Please Note: All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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	1256	$0.00	RARE L.C. SMITH MONOGRAM GRADE FEATHERWEIGHT DBL BBL SHOTGUN. Cal. 20 ga. SN 17274. Beautiful & rare shotgun with 28″ bbls choked MOD/MOD with tapered concave matted rib & sgl ivory bead with an engraved wide gold band near chamber end. It has crossbolt rib extension, ejectors & Hunter One trigger. Right bbl is engraved “SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH FLUID COMPRESSED STEEL” & left “MADE TO ORDER BY THE HUNTER ARMS CO. INC. FULTON, N.Y.” Rib extension is engraved “L.C. SMITH MONOGRAM GRADE”. Receiver & lockplates are beautifully engraved with two flying pigeons on each lockplate & a flying duck on bottom. All surrounded by foliate & floral & arabesque pattern engraving with about 80% coverage on receiver. Top tang has an engraved safety with “S” in gold. Engraving extends about 2″ over chambers with a small border pattern at muzzle. Trigger guard & forend iron are engraved to match. Forend release button is checkered & water table, standing breech & inside forend iron are beautifully jeweled as are bbl flats, lug & forearm lug. Mounted with spectacular burled honey & chocolate Circassian walnut with black insert full checkered & carved splinter forearm & straight stock with fleur-de-lis checkered & carved straight stock, 14-5/8″ over a fleur-de-lis carved & checkered butt. Both stock & forearm are numbered to gun. Accompanied by a Cody Firearms Museum letter fully identifying this shotgun with two listings in records, one shows purchaser as “Suomen Asuuskauppojia” & the other “H.C. Glochmer Co.” on Nov. 22, 1919. Drop at heel: 2″, drop at comb: 1-3/8″. Bore restrictions: left – .014, right – .014. Wall thickness: left – .022, right – .025. Bore diameter: left – .606, right – .609. Weight: 6 lbs. 2.88 oz. CONDITION: Exceptionally fine, all matching as noted. Retains virtually all of its brilliant orig factory finish to both metal & wood. Bbls have slight muzzle edge wear. Case colors on receiver & lockplates are brilliant & orig with edge wear on fences. Trigger guard retains virtually all of its brilliant blue. Wood is sound with one or two very minor handling & storage marks & a series of tiny nicks on left side of buttstock. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bores. Possibly an unfired gun. 4-56668 JR606 (20,000-30,000) Auction: Firearms - Spring 2006 Please Note:* All prices include the hammer price plus the buyer’s premium, which is paid by the buyer as part of the purchase price. The prices noted here after the auction are considered unofficial and do not become official until after the 46th day.

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