Image Lot Price Description

4377
$1,380.00

*L.C. SMITH SPECIALTY GRADE DBL BBL SHOTGUN. Cal. 12 ga. SN FWE127525. Fine Hunter Arms dbl with 28″ bbls, choked FULL/MOD with concave, matted, tapered rib with sgl bead, ejectors and Hunter One Trigger. Lockplates are engraved with two quail on the left side and flying ducks on the right side, surrounded with foliate arabesque patterns and has the maker’s name on each side. It is fitted with very nicely grained American walnut with black tipped checkered splinter forearm and straight stock, 14-3/8″ over an old red waffle pad. Stock has a 7/16″ thick tapered spacer that looks as though it may have been originally cut from this buttstock. CONDITION: Very fine. Bbls retain most of a fine re-blacked finish and ring true. Receiver & lockplates retain 85-90% orig case colors, strong & bright in the sheltered areas, fading elsewhere. Trigger guard retains about 75% orig blue. Tiny hairline behind the right lockplate, otherwise the wood is sound and retains most of a fine custom finish. Left ejector needs attention, otherwise mechanics are fine. Bright shiny bores with some slight scuffing. Roger & Gerald Wilde Collection 4-55400 JR20 (1,250-1,750)


Auction: Firearms - Fall 2005
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