LC SMITH Help Needed
I have an LC SMITH Field Grade 12 gauge double. The right barrel is marked " "LC Smith FIELD Fulton, NY USA". Underneath, the barrels are marked "Armor Steel" and serial # S 525XX. I'd like to know when this was made and where I can get the barrels reblued at a REASONABLE price. My "Go-To" gunsmith won't do them due to the soldering. I'm in WA State. Any help will be appreciated! Thank you!
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The is no such thing as a "reasonable" price when you find someone who is willing to put in the time and effort to reblue those barrels properly (restoring them vice simply refinishing them). Your "go-to" 'smith is justified in his concern about rebluing them using the modern hot-salt method.
If I am reading it correctly, your old LC Smith (a.k.a. Elmer J. Fudd Special) was manufactured in early 1923. At that time, I believe that the barrels were "rust" blued. I would recommend researching "rust bluing" to find someone who specializes in that type of finish.0 -
Oldcop,
Bert's expertise is limited to tomato stakes, aka Winchesters, and he is NOT a reliable source of information when it comes to the finest SxS ever made in the USA.
That said, I will offer that your gun was manufactured in 1949, not 1923, because of the "S" prefix before the S/N, and no "Fulton, NY" on the left barrel. It is a Marlin-era gun built the second to last year of production by the L.C. Smith Gun Co, not Hunter Arms.
I have to give credit where credit is due---- the barrels are rust blued, and I suggest that you post on the L C site to find a 'smith able to rust blue in your area.0 -
Re: "expertise is limited to tomato stakes".
Will hereby subscribe to this thread for entertainment value alone.
G'luck w/ yer LC project !!0 -
quote:Originally posted by OLDCOP
serial # S 525XX. I'd like to know when this was made
My Elcee, given to me by my father and given to him by his father, has a sn in the S 33,000 range. The factory letter shows it was shipped on July 30, 1948.
quote:and where I can get the barrels reblued
Before rebluing, ask yourself, does it really need it or do you just want to "pretty it up"? Also, if the frame and wood have wear then they will not be consistent with the newly blued barrels.
Think before you act [:)]
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To expand on BERT'S post, the reason for your 'smith being reluctant to re-blue is because the chemicals in a hot blue bath will attack and dissolve the soft solder which holds them together. You can wind up with 4 or 5 separate pieces which is something you don't want to see.
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