A number of months ago, I purchased a LC Smith 12ga w/28" Barrels Field grade circa 1998/99 I believe. The previous owner had the wood completely refinished (nicely) and the barrels re-blued (nicely). Although my dad shot Parkers all his life, he never ceased to tell me and my brother how nice the LC Smith's were. So when I saw this clean Smith double, on impulse and out of the memory of my father I bought the dam thing! But there were a few things about it that concerned me most. I didn't like the fact that although the blueing was nicely done, it wasn't original and I cared even less for the 3 position safety. I guess that in the days of live pigeon shoots, it was the thing to build these guns with the 3 positions (Those of you who are familiar with these old Smiths know what I'm talking about. In the rear most position, the gun will fire, safe ON is the middle position and the forward most position is OFF. (OFF-ON-OFF is the configuration). Since we live in a 2 position world today, I wanted to have this safety converted to a 2 position only so no one down the line in my family who inherits this nice double will confuse anything. Safety was my primary concern. I also wanted the frame case colored as close to factory spec as possible. Just didn't like the fact that it had been blued. One of our PGCA members was kind enough to recommend a fellow in West Virginia by the name of Jerry Andrews who he said was a LC Smith guru and could work wonders. (He was right). I sent the gun to Jerry, we discussed what was to be done, Jerry made some good recommendations and explained everything to me which I appreciated very much. The gun is back now. Jerry's work is self explanatory. Here are some before and after pictures. I would not hesitate to recommend Jerry for Smith work.
Before and After: