L.C. Smith Hunter Arms Help (Pictures)
I was doing the yak yak at a yard sale when a guy dragged this out. It's a twelve gauge with 30 inch barrels. The gun is labeled "Hunter Arms Co. Maker Fulton, NY" The other barrel is stamped "Armor Steel." Each side of the receiver is stamped L.C. Smith Double triggers, extractors. Underneath on the barrels has like the letter C on each barrel and stamped real lightly and real hard to see is what I believe is, on the left barrel a capital WR or WA and one the right barrel a capital WR. I miked the ends with a veriner caliper. If I am reading it right the right reads .725 and the left .700. On the receivers is stamped the serial No. and 00. I think 00 is the frame size. The bores are chrome, nice and shiny. Would anyone have any idea when this gun was made? How it is choked and what it might be worth in the condition it is in? It's just one of those get up and go to work and get the job done, gun's. Nothing fancy. Just a well built gun. He told me his grandfather worked for L.C. Smith and had built the gun and that he has a terminal illness and just was coasting own. Had no kids or anyone to leave it to so he sold it to me. I would appreciate any info. There is also a patent date on the receiver. PATN July 13, 1986. The gun lock up tighter than a tick.
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The patent year would be 1886, not 1986. 0 -
It's of 1902 vintage, the OO grade being the lowest grade made at that time. The "C" on the underside of the barrels stands for Crubicle Steel Co., the manufacturer of the barrel blanks. It's built on a regular frame (the only one available at the time) and is a "plain Jane", i.e. double trigger, extractor gun. The "WR" are thought to be inspector stamps. The bores are NOT chromed.
Unusually nice condition for a "OO" gun, but I would check barrel wall thickness for evidence of honing before shooting it.
Lots more info on the L C Smith site under "Pre-13 Guns".0 -
That thing is ready for the garden next year... they make decent tomato stakes[;)] 0 -
Bert,
Note that the ribs are still attached, unlike the 21's whose ribs are held on by Elmers Glue !0
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