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Originally Posted By: Drew Hause
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


Could it be the firing pin on the right side was flattened on purpose to prevent blowback from a pierced primer?...Geo

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Might be that the firing pin was repaired or replaced and the work was a bit bodgey, judging by the choice of screwdrivers used to do it. That would account for the pins shape.
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Well used but un-bodgered bushings and pins


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Is that your L.C. Smith ?

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1910 Norvell-Shapleigh catalog and it appears the owner opted for the more expensive Crown steel. $56 in 1910 is almost $1500 today.



There might be shipping records for the gun, and 2nd barrel, which could possibly include the name of the original purchaser or dealer
https://lcsca.clubexpress.com/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=43784&module_id=245742

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Interesting reference to V.M. Starr lining vintage shotguns to .45-70
https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/homemade-double-barreled-muzzle-loader.701924/
"The barrels were cut to 25 inches and he regulated them to 80 yards with 300 grain HP bullets. His method was fairly direct. At the muzzle, he drove in wedges to move the liner. When they were hitting as he wanted them, he finished adding the solder and cut the wedges flush with the muzzle."

J.T. Phillips of Beede, Arkansas made flintlocks in the 80s-90s? Earlier? It would seem likely that the original Rubans Royal barrels were retired for the Crown barrels, but retained, and quite some time later converted to .45-70.

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Thanks for all the info Drew. I do plan to try to get a LC Smith letter. Yes Mr. Phillips was a muzzleloader builder in the 70s 80s and 90s. So the 45-70 barrels would have been done in that time frame.

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Very nice.
In my records I have serial number 12024 an L.C. Smith D Grade hammer shotgun 12 ga. in the right barrel and 44-40 in the left barrel owned at one time by one of our Life Members. This was done at the L.C. Smith Gun Works in Syracuse, N.Y., circa approx. 1884.


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That is really cool!

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I ordered some Buffalo Bore smokeless black powder equivalent 405gr ammo. I'll give a range report once it arrives. thanks for the replies.

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