Sometimes there are other factors at play too. In the table of production dates on the LC Smith site, there is a block of numbers that are listed as produced from 1930-1938. A query to Dr. Stubbendieck produced the reply that there were a number of guns started in 1930-31, some of which weren't finished and shipped until 1938. This was of course due to the economic conditions at that time. Within those numbers, however, is a Deluxe grade 20 gauge that was started in the 1st week of June 1931 and finished in the 3rd week of July 1931. Six or seven weeks to complete a top of the line gun doesn't sound too bad does it?
