Drew,
Call Dewey up and ask him about costs and a time table for getting a cracked LC Smith fixed.
Let us know how that goes for you.
I don't understand your point Ted.
I have communicated with Dewey, have great respect for his skills and opinions, am not blind to the design defects of Smith guns, and have posted images confirming one of the defects. I've also had cracked Smiths (and Parker, Fox & Ithaca) fixed.
I happen to like them, use them (both are 1906 "farm implement" grades), enjoy historical information about them and the shooters who competed with them, but don't believe I have been an apologist for them.
