Dig, The rebirth of the L.C. Smith from Marlin 1967-1971, listed only 1 grade a Field Grade and later a Deluxe Grade. Both had ventilated aluminum ribs by Poly Choke. The bridges were closely spaced as to lessen the chance of dents in the rib. 28 " barrels mod/full, double triggers. Stated they will be copies of the originals. Later plans are to make 26" barrels imp.cyl/mod. all in 12 ga. only. Plus I think they both had beavertail forends.
Both were well built guns, but the Deluxe version was no where close to the real Deluxe L.C. that started off as $1,000.00 in 1913. From what I gathered reading on various manufactures of custom shotguns, none ever came close to this L.C. Smith in price and workmanship.
The new book on L.C. Smith's is coming out soon, and it supposedly has lots of information (500 pages) and lots of photos. Interesting enough that it is stated that Brophy's research in his book was very precise.
