Jim, Jerry Andrews is a highly regarded L.C. Smith gunsmith. Here's his address and phone number:
Jerry Andrews, 1255 Grandview Rd., Moundsville, WV
26041 (304)-843-1740
He never did any work for me, but I bought a couple doubles from him. Nice guy. Buck Hamlin in Pevely, Mo. is another guy whose name comes up when it comes to repairing and restoring L.C. Smiths. His address and phone is:
Buck Hamlin
8501 Cedar Trail
Pevely MO 63070
(636) 479-4304
Here's a link to a page of gunsmith reccomendations on the L.C. Smith site;
http://members.boardhost.com/lcsmith/msg/1419987871.htmlOf course, we have all seen how Ed handles the problem of a shotgun with a left-of-center top lever. You just photograph it with the gun only partially closed. Your gun looks like it could use some nice pretty torch colors too!