thank you keith for the reply. i posted this question on 4 discussion pages -- your reply has been the only reply. only have one lc smith and it is a bit of a project. the barrels had ben cut to 26" so it was affordable for me to buy as i only use it on the skeet field -- perfect for me. only issue with this gun is it is very difficult to unbreech to reload -- sometimes -- not every time. i have not explored this issue. for now it may be firing pin drag but that is more guess than fact. have been surfing double gun about 10 years. on thing sticks out about the rotary breech locking system -- lc smith, fox, and ithaca is these gun have the most gun with the latch lever well right of center. the majority of old sxs have well worn breech locking systems and it shows in good pictures. the 3 brands of older sxs mentioned stand out with good breech locking. do the lc smith have rotary bolts in different sizes to install to compensate for wear?
