doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com LC Smith parts. Hi, Geo

I wonder what RymanGunDog Dave would have to say about this L.C. Smith discussion? I think someone like the Stock Doctor could repair that broken 20 gauge, but it wouldn't be cheap. But 20 gauge L.C.Smiths aren't cheap either, so I would probably de-oil the wood and do the repair myself with some hidden pins and Titebond II or AccraGlass epoxy.

I agree with Miller. I have several L.C. Smith guns with no cracks behind the locks, and a few that have small stable cracks that got no worse with the loads I used in them. I also see a lot of Flues with split wood at the action. And I see plenty of Parkers and Remingtons with bolts, screws, and dowels through the stock cheeks. Fragile and broken wood above and below the sideplates are one of the weaknesses on my favorite Syracuse Lefever guns.

I've found serviceable L.C. Smith buttstocks at gun shows for $40-50, and seen plenty sold on eBay for around $100.00 or less. But I don't know how lucky you'd get finding one that fit easily. Worth a shot considering the cost to restock a Smith, and you could always sell the wood to someone else if it won't work. I vote for trying to save it, but I like projects and do my own work.

You ain't going to believe this my Georgia buddy thought it was a 20 ga. but then he found out it was a 16 ga...and he got rid of it.

A nail through the middle of that stock, and another pounded through the barrels, and it�ll be right where it always belonged, on the wall at Cracker Barrel.

Your friend might be brighter than you think he his.

Best,
Ted

I believe it because I've seen a few guns either grow or shrink in gauge during shipping. I bought a 12 gauge Lefever H grade that turned out to be a 10 gauge. H grades were supposed to be built in 20, 16, and 12 gauge only, and I have never seen another H in 10 gauge.

Then I bought a 12 gauge Lefever I grade with automatic ejectors. I grades were supposed to only be built in 12 gauge and very few had automatic ejectors. This gun turned out to be one of four known 16 gauge I grades, and the only known 16 gauge I grade with automatic ejectors.

A field grade 16 gauge L.C. Smith is a nice bird gun, and this gun was worth saving. It might not make economic sense to pay a high dollar gunsmith to repair or restock it, but it would have been a great project, at the right price, for a skilled hobbyist.

He bought it at a Pawn shop for 100 bucks...they sold it to him as a 20 guage so it's not all his fault.

I hope he sold it for more tha. $100.00. He could have got more than that for a decent set of 16ga. L.C. Smith barrels. He could have advertised them here in the double gun forum to avoid paying Dave the customary $10.00 fee. Seems to be the thing to do.

Last I heard he has it back...the buddy he sold it to thought it was a 20ga. also.
Took a gunsmith to get them Georgia boys straitened out.

You should offer to auction it off here on Doublegunshop shotgun forum. No fees or commissions like Gunbroker or other auction sites. I'd go with a 7 day auction with no reserve.

Another good reason to carry and choke gauge with you when you shop for used side-by-sides. Snap caps in the popular gauges are also a good idea-- especially if the gun has automatic ejectors.RWTF

Fox I don't think it was a case of shopping as much as a case of thinking he had ran up on something....