With a new baby at home and not a lot of extra cash laying around, I had put my search for a nice LC Smith on hold. But last week a nice little 20GA Trap Grade with 26in barrels and the Hunter one trigger, basically fell into my lap. At the end of the day, I couldn't say no to this rare little Elsie. There ist much case color or bluing left, and the stock is a replacement from Fajen, but besides that, the gun is in really nice condition. The bores are mirror and they don't seem to have ever been honed. As of now, the gun is no longer a true collector because of the stock, so I plan on shooting it. I'm also not looking an the gun as an investment. I don't plan on ever selling it and I plan to hand the gun down to a son or daughter some day that will appreciate it as much as me.
With that said, Id like to bring the gun back to life and have it restored. I'm also thinking about lengthening the bore to 2 3/4 so I can shoot modern loads if I had to. I'm going to take the gun to Bill Schwarz in Ellijay GA for an inspection before I shoot it, and will probably have him do the restoration work as well. Does anyone see any issues with my idea? Again, I'm not worried about getting my money out of the gun since I'm going to kep it, and based on what I've seen, even with what I payed for the gun, plus restoration, I will come out no worse than even.
Thanks
