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I posted these photos on another forum a couple weeks ago but thought you guys might like to see them. LC Smith 12 gauge. 32" barrels, skeleton buttplate, long tang, straight grip stock. This shotgun had been buffed heavily and hot blued when I bought it. Jim Dubell went over the metal to straighten things out. I did the rest. Color case work by the Color Case Company in Ohio.     | ||
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Thanks for the photos Bill. Your work is (as usual) beautiful. Congratulations. The background of deerhide is fitting for sure but I think a "more colorful" background would highlight the work a bit better. Those old Smiths and such magnificient work deserves the best. /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill | |||
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Bravo, sir. Absolutely magnificent! I hope it will join you in the hunting fields this Fall. John Farner If you haven't, please join the NRA! | |||
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Bill- Wow!!!  Truly beautiful!! What year model is your L.C.? May the wind be in your face and the sun at your back. P. Mark Stark | |||
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Great work Bill  Now you can whack that squab that won't shut up behind the shop.  | |||
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Bill, you and Jim certainly straightened that one out. That's a very classy job. ______________________________ "Truth is the daughter of time." Francis Bacon | |||
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very nice Bill. Are the Doves still hanging around Newell? Timan | |||
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Just beautiful! Mike Wilderness is my cathedral, and hunting is my prayer. | |||
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Steve, You would be correct. However, it was a lot more fun.  30 Cal - IIRC this is a 1930's something LC. | |||
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That is outstanding work on both metal and wood BUT.........I hope you have not been wasting time on that while my stock is lanquishing waiting to be done  Never rode a bull, but have shot some. NRA life member NRA LEO firearms instructor (retired) NRA Golden Eagles member | |||
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Very nice! Terry -------------------------------------------- Well, other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the play? | |||
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That's a class act, Bill...I too, am a fancier of LC Smith. They were under rated for some time, but I see the prices going higher than a giraffe's blood pressure..running away from Parkers. I have always liked Color Case Co's treatment...he actually puts on a very tough and thick case..High temperature is required and this being the "case", there's a bit more chance of warpage..did you have any problem with that job? I have an LC project where I've extended the tang over the comb nose...that's why I'm asking...keep up the good work | |||
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NRA Life Member, Band of Bubbas Charter Member, PGCA, DRSS. Shoot & hunt with vintage classics. | |||
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Bill, As a newcomer to rifles and hunting this is one of the most nicest pieces I've seen... Great work and the hours and $$$$'s spent on it, and the brainstorming spent on it make it TRULY IMPECCABLE... Good for you...  | |||
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Wow! Rusty We Band of Brothers! DRSS, NRA & SCI Life Member "I am rejoiced at my fate. Do not be uneasy about me, for I am with my friends." ----- David Crockett in his last letter (to his children), January 9th, 1836 "I will never forsake Texas and her cause. I am her son." ----- Jose Antonio Navarro, from Mexican Prison in 1841 "for I have sworn upon the altar of god eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man." Thomas Jefferson Declaration of Arbroath April 6, 1320-“. . .It is not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” | |||
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Duane, I was prepared for a wrestling match when I got the metal back from Color Case. I had no issues. All parts fit back in the wood like they should have. I was equally impressed with the speed and quality of their work. The turn around time was 10 days IIRC. Thank you for the encouragement. | |||
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Beautiful piece of work and I am sure it will be well recieved next January! OH, BTW the pics did a very good job of capturing the detail as well. It is not always easy to get the wood grain to show up as well as you did here | |||
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