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Cabela's GunLibrary L C Smith 10 This 10 gauge damascus "O" grade seem to have been opened to 3 1/2"!!! Wonder how many magnum loads it's seen?
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The sling swivels to me indicate that it has been a good old fouling piece!
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It is from 1908, and would have had 2 7/8 chambers from the factory. I would not trust their description and would measure it. The beavertail for-end is not original. A lot of these early 0 grades had some nice looking wood on them like this one.
The 0 grade later became Ideal Grade after 1912.
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My Elsie O My "O" dates to very late 1894... must have been one of the earliest made.
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That seems overpriced to me. The barrels would need to be plenty thick and free of pitting for me to consider it at half the price. Nonetheless, it is a pretty gun and one I would be glad to own, (after changing that beavertail to a splinter). My 1907 "0" grade Smith, I think it is still the oldest 20 gauge graded Smith known to exist. 
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CraigF, your pictures not found. I think you also meant to say 1894. It might be a late 1894 as the books say it first came out in 1895.
Fishnfowler, the 20 gauge first came out in 1907. If yours is below serial number 1104 from December 4, 1907 it might be the oldest.
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JDW - try my link now: My Elsie O I had to change the setting on my Picasa account to allow public viewing... I know the "O" was not introduced until 1895 but my gun's serial number is 38832 (1894 production: 37,325 to 38,892). My gun is a 12 with 30" stub twist barrels and 28" damascas barrels numbered (2) to gun with separate forend.
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CraigF, nice looking gun. It is possible the gun was ordered with an extra set of barrels and for-end from the factory, in which case the second set of barrels and for-end would have a 2 stamp on both the for-end and the barrel's loop.
An extra set of barrels cost half as much as the gun, and most from the factory used the same for-end so there was no need for a stamp. Guns that were later sent back, had the stamp if there was a for-end supplied also.
The Damascus barrels cost more than the Stub Twist.
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Here is my Syracuse 10 gauge hammerless  
USAF RET 1971-95 ![[Linked Image from jpgbox.com]](http://www.jpgbox.com/jpg/57865_80x60.jpg)
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Mike, don't you have a spare set of barrels for this from a very early hammer gun (1884)? The gun shown would be from 1887 or early 1888.
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