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I shoot mine with standard modern 16 gauge shells, built in 1935. And your LC Smith is a lot stronger than mine.  What is this??? It doesn't look like any L.C. Smith I've ever seen. A picture of a hockey stick might be more appropriate.
A true sign of mental illness is any gun owner who would vote for an Anti-Gunner like Joe Biden.
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Firm for 20s; a moving target for 16s http://www.lcsmith.org/faq/lengthen2016.htmlBTW: you are fortunate to be near Buck Hamlin in Pevely, MO 636-479-4304 Did more looking and it does not appear that Pierre-Émile Martin ever made it to the U.S. YA, once I get the gun, if it's something I intend to keep long term, I may call him. Talked to him a while back, seems like one heck of a nice guy. Looking at that from the LC Smith site, a 1940 16ga "should" have a 2 3/4" chamber.... :-)
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I shoot mine with standard modern 16 gauge shells, built in 1935. And your LC Smith is a lot stronger than mine.
What is this??? It doesn't look like any L.C. Smith I've ever seen. A picture of a hockey stick might be more appropriate. Looks like a Sterlingworth, that someone has blued the action on..... I have a 1927 16ga SW, but only shoot RST's from it. Definitely a 2 9/16" chamber on my Fox.
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Treb's gun is a Nitro Special, that he had redone at some point. I'm not sure why he would think a 'Smith would be stronger than a Nitro, especially after the horrifying stock to action LC Smith wood pictures that Drew posted. You can't really glass bed what isn't there to begin with.
Drew,
One of those French steel guys did make it to the US. I will see what I can do to dig it up. But, it will wait until after my son, the dog, and I launch those bottle rockets I get that make NORAD sit up and take notice.
My dog loves fireworks.
Best,
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You have a good memory Ted!!  Just an old barn gun that's as ugly as they get and as tough as nails, when used for what it was designed to do and that is hunt.
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Opinion worth what it cost here's another.
OP did not mention Phesants at first. Game should be shot with adequate loads. Around here Phesant shooting would be low volume and that Smith may handle couple of boxes a year OK. I would pattern it, tight chokes don't need as much shot to produce killing patterns. You may find 7/8 is all it needs.
High volume modern 1 oz load I would not trust it not to crack.
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the ".30-30" came from: NBD od .308 (same as later .30-'06 Govt. caliber circa- 1906- go figure- the second "30" me from the dram equivalent of 30 grains of black powder in the newer smokeless power configuration. Load a spent .30-30 casing with 30 grains of a current nitro smokeless powder and you will exceed greatly the 45,000 psi chamber pressure rating of the 1894 Winchester--
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