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LC SMITH OR CRESCENT 410 NOT SURE IF IT IS A CLONE
Guns International #: 103116538 Seller's Inventory #: LC
Category: LC Smith Shotguns - Shotguns - .410 Gauge
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Seller: 5shot
Member Since: 10/8/22
First Name: KEN
Last Name: MCMURDIE
State: Arizona
Zip: 85367
Country: United States
Phone: (928) 941-0867
Number of Active Listings: 33
Total Number of Listings: 203
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Payment Types Accepted: credit card money order
About Us: 3% percent c/c fee
Description:
I RECENTLY CAME ACROSS THIS SHOTGUN AND I'M HAVING TROUBLE IDENTIFYING THE MAKE MODEL OR ORGIN IVE ATTACHED PHOTOS FROM DIFFERENT ANGLES AND ANY MARKINGS OR ENGRAVINGS I COULD FIND HAS A 4 DIGIT SERIAL NUMBER.
Looks like your LC smith 410 is a Baker& LC Smith.LC Smith & William Baker 1877-1880 The highest screw on side of lock is a fireing pin retaining screw not used on the true LC Smith lock which came out 1886.
In 1877, Smith and his older brother Leroy joined an established firearms designer named William H. Baker, and for the next three years the trio produced Baker-designed shotguns. But in 1880, Leroy Smith and Baker left the company to found the Ithaca Gun Company. They were replaced by the Smiths’ younger brother, Wilbert, and a new designer named Alexander T. Brown. The company was then renamed the L.C. Smith Shotgun Company of Syracuse. Their early shotguns had exposed hammers, known as “rabbit-ears,” but in 1886 the company produced its first hammerless shotgun, that model becoming its most successful.
Despite finally having found financial success, Smith eventually decided to sell the manufacturing rights to his entire line of L.C. Smith shotguns to the Hunter Arms Company in 1889. Hunter Arms produced the guns until 1945, when the business was sold to the Marlin Firearms Company. Marlin finally ended production of L.C. Smith shotguns in 1950. The brand was briefly revived by Marlin in 1967 before being retired for good in 1972.
In essence, what those various gun manufacturers produced over the years were thousands of L.C. Smith sidelock, side-by-side, double-barrel shotguns in 8, 12, 16, 20 and .410 gauges, in more than 20 grades. What caused the eventual demise of L.C. Smith shotguns—as well as the other double-barrel, side-by-side shotguns of the day—was the increasing popularity of pump-action and semiautomatic shotguns being developed during the first half of the 20th Century. It seemed that shooters and hunters liked having more than two shots, and the new guns were less expensive for manufacturers to produce, increasing profits.
Today, most any L.C. Smith shotgun is worth roughly anywhere from $1,000 to five figures, depending on the condition and grade of a particular gun. “For instance,” said Moore, “I was very fortunate to once buy, at a farm , a skeet-grade L.C. Smith in excellent condition for $900. I really didn’t know what I had until after doing some research. I discovered that the gun was one of just 14 of a particular model. After cleaning up the shotgun and shooting it for a while, I sold it to another collector for several times more than what I had paid for it.”
If you have some extra bucks in your pocket and have an interest in possibly purchasing an L.C. Smith, how should you go about it? Moore recommends first going online to the L.C. Smith Collectors Association (://lcsca.clubexpress/) to learn more about the guns. Then begin perusing the many online gun- sites offering L.C. Smiths for sale. Moore said that there are still a surprising number of the shotguns in circulation,
L.C. Smith did manufacture a .410 shotgun, and it was known as the "Baker Gun". L.C. Smith, along with his brother Leroy, partnered with William H. Baker to create and manufacture the Baker double- and triple-barreled shotguns, later known as L.C. Smith shotguns. The company's production history also includes hammerless models, and the .410 was a gauge offered.
LC SMITH OR MAYBE A CRESCENT 410 26 INCH BARREL HAS LC SMITH ON BOTH SIDES OF RECEIVER AND HAS HUNTER ARMS CO ON RIGHT HAND OF BARREL ON TOP AND NOT FOR BALL ON BACK OF SIGHT RAIL.
PLEASE LOOK AT ALL PICS
ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED ANY OTHER PICS PLEASE LET ME KNOW
ANY HELP OR INSIGHT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
Price: $2,500.00
Shotgun Gauge: .410 Gauge
Manufacturer: LC SMITH OR CRESCENT
Model: 410
Serial Number: 1499
Barrel Length: 26
Bore: GREAT
Condition: GREAT
Metal Condition: GREAT
Wood Condition: GREAT
Bore Condition: GREAT