I do not know if the Smith three position safety worked the same as the Ithaca three position safety but on the Ithaca at least, the purpose was not to just have it in the fire position front and rear, but that in the rear position it was not an “automatic” safety. That is it does not return to the middle or “safe” position when fired and the shells ejected. In the front position it does act as an automatic safety, with it returning to “safe” or the middle position when fired and opened. Perhaps the LC Smith configuration is different.
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