I was looking thru Gunbroker the AM and was struck by Jay Shachter's (Vintage Firearms) LC Smith "Factory Letter" on a Crown Grade "Long Range Wildfowls".
The gun production started on April 19, 1928 and shipped on July11, 1928. Under 3 months!!!
WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO GET THEM BUILT TODAY???
Is that the same Crown at about $9000 that he has but does NOT have the LONGRANGE stamp on the bottom of the barrel lug- Anyone can offer for sale a 3" chambered 12 gauge LC Smith (my older 2E with the later factory installed 32" Nitro Steel barrels and ventilated rib (about 1927) has 3" chambers and also the reinforcing yoke behind the barrel loop, but is NOT a LONGRANGE-- I am always leary of dealers whose descriptions run into the Encyclopedia Britianica-- what is he 'hiding" behind all that flowery description and "Vintage Razzle-Dazzle- but then, I am a Fox, and we are inherently suspicious by nature--
