doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGuns For Sale @ doublegunshop.com 1891 LC Smith Quality 1 transitional gun.

Recently gone thru by Terry Nicholson (1st deep-cleaning ever [according to Terry], tubes refinished, checkering recut). This 2nd year Fulton production "transitional gun" used equipment and materials from the earlier Syracuse operation (English walnut stocks, more ornately sculped actions, bushed firing-pins, the 1st stop-check, a double dog buttplate, etc.). A big & heavy 12-gauge with massive (almost 4-lb) 30-inch English Laminated Steel tubes (w/ modified chokes and 2 3/4-inch chambers). Great triggers and trouble-free operation now (no stock-cracking issues & modern target ammunition is not a problem either).

I bought this unit to shoot with the Colorado Vintagers and it breaks clays with abandon (and at 7lbs13 you'll barely notice the recoil). This gun also has the 3-position Big Window safety (allowing the shooter to chose automatic or disabled-safety operation). Be the only guy to shoot a vintage (but very solid) SXS at your local clays range.



Also, being pre-1898 it can be shipped directly (no FFL services required). Additional pictures and measurements upon request. Contact me here (via PMs) if interested.

Asking $1,700.

Edit to add: English Best Laminated Steel is at least 70% steel and was arguably the strongest of all the Damascus-steel options. Moreover, these tubes are something like 70 thousandths thick at the breech and with minimums of 35-40 thousandths at the thinnest points.

NICE, thank you for sharing

Mike

p.s. When are you coming to Amarillo?

Thanks Mike! A trip to Amarillo would be fun. Pretty booked up for the near-term, maybe late next Fall?

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Come ahead

Not even a nibble here? $1,400.00

My transition Grade 1 is serial number 35056. What is your serial number. These are the best of Fulton manufacture by far.

I have that Eightbore, hold on...34342.

Is yours from 1892?

Lord love a canvasback duck, how about $1,200?

I'm home for a while now. so shipping won't be too-inconvenient.

I don't know the exact date of my Grade1. It is a beautiful gun in high condition, one sideplate with mostly all colors, the opposite sideplate with mostly tarnish. Missing forend replaced by a generous LCSCA member.

eightbore: If you're at all interested, contact the good folks at the LCSCA (Jim Stubbendiek comes to mind) and they will likely clarify that date of production for you.

They can probably even identify it down to the month of production for your Quality 1 gun.