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| | Description: | | With appeciation to the L.C. Smith Collector's Society (http://www.lcsmith.org/)... "The Crown Grade was a replacement for the No. 5 which was discontinued in 1912. In most, but not all cases, a gold crown was inlaid on top of the lever. Base price for the Crown Grade was $157 in 1913. For $182 the buyer could have a Hunter One-Trigger. Ejectors added $12 to the base price, and a gun with both ejectors and a Hunter One-Trigger was priced at $194. The base price in 1945 was $302. This gun was built and engraved to order resulting in few guns being exactly alike. While many had dog scenes engraved on the lock plates, others had upland birds and/or waterfowl. The serial number was engraved on the trigger guard extension. Stocks were highly figured, imported walnut with the grips made to order. Most of the barrels were Nitro Steel, although Damascus Steel was an early option. Barrel lengths were the standard 26, 28, 30, and 32 inches. Long Range guns are very rare in this grade. The barrel extension is decoratively engraved, and the rib was matted. Crown Grade shotguns were available in 10, 12, 16, and 20 gauges and .410. The right barrel was engraved L.C. SMITH CROWN GRADE and the left was engraved MADE TO ORDER BY THE HUNTER ARMS CO., FULTON, N.Y. In addition to the 842 Crown Grade produced from 1913 to 1945, the L.C. Smith Gun Company made another 48 from 1945 to 1950 for a total of 890 guns. Production data for the 890 Crown Grade guns are 5 10 gauge, 644 12 gauge, 65 16 gauge, 170 20 gauge, and 6 .410..."
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