Originally Posted By: eightbore
None of my pre 1913 Smiths, hammer or hammerless, have a hint of a crack behind the lockplates, or anywhere else.
And as old Martha Stewart would say: "And that's a good thing" I use RST 1125 fps loads in my Smith shotguns-well worth the extra cost and shipping, as repairing or re-stocking sidelock double ain't cheap!

"The field is the touchstone of the man"..