The standard gun was priced at $37 in 1898 and $32 in 1912. Like all Smiths, it had a checkered grip and forend. It could be ordered with the extra cost options of automatic ejectors (placed in 6,308 shotguns) and the Hunter One-Trigger. Initially, it was available in 10 and 12 gauges, but the 16 gauge was added in 1906 and followed by the 20 gauge in 1908. The top of the right barrel was marked: HUNTER ARMS CO.-MAKERS-FULTON, N.Y. The lock plates were not engraved but were stamped 'L.C. 00 was available with Armour (catalog spelling) Steel barrels only. This number nearly equals the total number of all of the other grades produced during this period. English walnut stock half pistol grip checkered and well finished. The new Armour Steel barrels are plain, but will stand the severest strain of nitro powder. The catalog (1900) said: 'A thoroughly reliable gun at a price within the reach of all. The grades are listed in the approximate order of ascending initial cost. Photographs are courtesy of the late Russ Ruppel. Appreciation is expressed to Len Applegate for providing a digital copy of his 1900 L.C. Smith: The Legend Lives, 2006), and James Stubbendieck (L.C. Smith Shotguns, 1977), John Houchins (L.C.

Descriptions combine information from the catalog and from William Brophy (L.C.

The following information was taken from the 1900 L.C. Frames and lock plates were case hardened on all of the grades. Smith receivers was the same, but the engraving was different between grades. The mechanical construction of all hammerless L.C. The number is marked on the water table of the receiver and on the barrel flats. 2), letter and number combination (such as A-2), or a name (such as Pigeon).

At that time, the grades became a number (such as No. The Hunter Arms Company continued the use of the term 'Quality' as the prefix to describe the various grades of shotguns until about 1896.

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