Annie Oakley also owned a few L.C. Smiths and right after a visit to England in 1889 her husband Frank Butler commisioned Hunter Arms to build a custom 16 ga. The unique thing about this gun is that on the lock plates there was a portrait of her engraved by Tiffany.The trigger guard has her name engraved on it This gun was/is in a private collection. She also had an Ideal Grade 12 ga. with 26" barrels that was shipped June 4, 1926. She passed away in November of that same year. This gun is in the Cody Firearms Museum.
This informaton is from "The Legend Lives" by John Houchins. I believe that the sentence "right after a visit to England in 1889, Frank Butler had Hunter Arms build a custom 16 ga." is incorrect. The 16 ga. was not out by then, and Hunter Arms was not fully operatonal until 1890. I'm guessing the date of 1889 is a typo, maybe should have been 1899.
