On the off-chance that our own Dr. Drew is around today, here are the close-ups of the mostly-nice Damascus pattern on these tubes (wear largely obscures the pattern nearer to the breach):

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I've deciphered them to be 3-bar Damascus, or "Good Damascus" as the advertising (from Houchin's book) for that era of LC Smith production would identify them. Evidently, later Quality 2 guns went with "twist" barrels as a cost-cutting measure (the 1st of many that the later Smith guns would ultimately endure).

At a full 30-inches, they are quite substantial (nearly 4-lbs) and choked "modified" in both tubes. The chambers are clearly 2 3/4-inch. Shooting it with "appropriate" ammunition seems almost anemic, but anything much faster or heavier will cause the 3-position safety to go onto "safe" from the rearward "off" position (using the "forward" setting for "automatic" function doesn't seem have this issue).

Another early "Fulton-era" feature on this gun is the gutta-percha (not Bakelite) "Double-Dog" buttplate and matching grip cap. Guns produced in Syracuse never had this particular feature (and it was evidently a very short-lived option even at Fulton).

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Last edited by Lloyd3; 03/24/25 10:56 PM.