Sold
$12,000
Starting Bid: $6,250
Est.
$12,500
- $17,500
Live Auction
September 11 & 12 Fine Sporting Arms Auction | Session One
Live bidding began
Sep 11, 2023 at 10 AM EDT
Description
SN. 6811E. Cal. 20ga. Made with 30” nitro steel brls, 2-1/2” chambers, that have matted concave tapered top rib with small brass front bead. Crowned muzzles with chain link engraving. Top rib engraved “MADE TO ORDER BY THE HUNTER ARMS CO. FULTON, NY.”. Rib extension is fully engraved with gold bar at center. Sides of brls with 1-1/2” scroll wedge. Splinter forearm checkered in point and diamond pattern with triangular ebony tip and has fully scroll engraved banjo roll type release and iron. Interior of forearm is hand engraved with SN stamped. Casehardened sidelock receiver is very nicely engraved with Pointers on right, Setters on left, both in oval game scene surrounded by simple scroll and flowers. Front of locks engraved in banner “L.C. SMITH”. Bottom of frame engraved with large floral bouquet and scroll around trigger plate screw. Beaded brl fences, top of frame, and top lever are nicely scroll and floral engraved. Top tang with gold inlaid “S” in front of safety slide. Blued trigger guard with bouquet and scroll on bow, SN at tang. Gun made with Hunter One SST, auto ejectors, non-safety. Round knob pistol grip buttstock is of nicely figured American Walnut and its checkered in point pattern through the wrist and around the ball grip and terminates with a lined HRBP. Buttstock is an expert quality replacement near indistinguishable from original. WEIGHT: 6lbs. 3oz. Min. Wall Thickness: .031(Both). Bore Diameter: .612(Rt) .613(L). Bore Restriction: .016(Rt) .023(L). DAC: 1-1/2". DAH: 2-7/16". LOP: 14-3/8".
Condition
Excellent. Brls retain about 95% of what appears to be their original blue with a couple of small areas of touch up. Buttstock and forearm are extremely fine, expert quality replacements near indistinguishable from original and retain nearly all of their hand rubbed custom finish. Locks and frame with around 60% of their very pretty original rainbow case color. Trigger guard retains more than 80% of its original blue. Bores are mostly bright and shiny. Mechanics are excellent. This is a very rare small bore Smith with only 8 made in this configuration. C&R.