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I picked up a LC Smith locally today that is quite interesting. It is a early ejector 12ga serial number 1217. It has a set of crown steel 12ga barrels 28" long and a set of twist barrels that have been turned into 45-70 26" long. What gets me is all the numbers match. I'm thinking that some of the serial numbers have been restamped to match. It is still a neat setup and the 45-70 barrels weigh a ton. I was told J.T. Phillips a double barrel muzzleloader builder did the work on the 45-70 barrels. Here are some pictures.







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Interesting gun.

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Thank you for sharing
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There was a significant gunsmith business in lining Smiths; and usually in 45/70. This is just one barrel



The gun DOM is 1898 and the "Bernard Ribbon" or "Rubans Royal" barrels would be original. That is also an interesting variant found usually on Gr. 1 guns from 1892-1897. Not common to have the grade; '1E', marked on the "barrel loop reinforcing wedge" as yours is.

The Crown Steel barrels would have been added later, likely at the Hunter Arms factory with the fitted FE for 1/2 the price of a Gr. 1, and marked with the same SN. Note the '2'. The ivory FE insert is unlikely to be factory.

The buttplate is aftermarket and found on c. 1900's LC Smith, Ithaca, AH Fox, and Lefever guns. The maker is unknown.

It looks like the extractor screw in the Crown lug is missing?

Very cool. Please let us know if your shoot the 45/70 barrels. The 120 year old gun should of course by evaluated by a double gun specialist before use. You are not far from one of the best, and Buck Hamlin would get a kick out of seeing your gun -
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I linked this thread over on the LCSCA Forum for everyone's interest, and thanks for the excellent images which help enormously. Could you please post a full size close up of the breech (without the fingers wink ) for our image files?
https://members.boardhost.com/lcsmith/msg/1566515466.html

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Nice bit of information...

Drew do you even own an L.C. Smith ?

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Thanks Drew for the info.
The lock up is tight with the FE off on both sets of barrels and the bores are very nice.
I do plan to shoot the 45-70 barrels.
I had Buck Hamlin do some work for me this spring. He is a very skilled gunsmith.
Here are a few more pictures.



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Perfect and thank you!
It appears that the right (used the most) firing pin may be flattened, and the bushing obviously turned. The left bushing looks to never have seen a screwdriver.
And the screw in the lug is there smile

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