Good Deed for the Month
 

I went and looked at an L.C. Smith of a friends. 12 gauge 28'' extractor gun with FW serial number. It has been totally reblued badly. The bores looked ok and the barrels rang somewhat. Overall the gun just needed a good cleaning little bit of rust and grime. Anyways the first thing he says is he wants to cut the barrels down to 20'' and make a coach gun. I talked him out of it and now he wants to take it shooting. So at least one barrel saved from chopping block.

Good Work Eldon!!!!

Education is key to appreciation of these fine old doubles.

I will never understand why people don't just go and buy a cheap Stoger coach gun.

Who on earth would want to cut down a beautiful old double down to 20"???? Great if you are taking a wagon train through uncharted territory, but that was over 100 years ago

Never understood it either but I always liked long barrels. He says his brother back east has a parker in the closet "but it is one of those damascus barrels so you can't shoot it". Trying to get him educated on damascus barrels too.

Lots of misinformed people out there for sure.

There can never be enough caution taken when bandits and highwaymen abound! Why just the other day we got word via telegram that injuns had attacked a couple of villages over the bluff. Sure is good to know that the boys out there have a good coach gun to keep em safe. :rotf:

I want to apologize ahead of time for my incredibly insensitive use of the term "injuns". My wife has made me promise to undergo sensitivity re-education, not to mention switching my NFL affiliation from Washington to Baltimore.

No apology necessary. "injuns" connotes the vernacular of a period in our nation's history, a colloquialism really, that we have no responsibility for nor that we should apologize for.
If we use the word malevolently, then we should be censored.

Too bad somebody wasn't around to save this one. 19" now.

Looks mean, but still.....

There oughta be a law