This gun is stamped FW and it has the regular L C Smith legend on the right barrel.
UPDATE 12/4 - I just had a call from a LCS gent, that caused me to recheck the s/n. I had misread the 3rd digit and the s/n is 2069xx which is somewhat higher than the last s/n shown in production stats on the LCS website. He's going to get back to me.
Another UPDATE - Since my earlier update I learned there were guns in various stages of assembly along with serial-numbered frames and parts in inventory when Marlin bought LCS. The guns were completed and frames/parts in stock were used in production until exhausted. Afterwards the Marlin-made frames were numbered with the "FWS" prefix.
The LCS gent from earlier today called back this evening to tell me he confirmed with LCS resources that the 16-gauge gun shown here is within single digits of the very last one made with a LCS frame. It was shipped to "an individual" in 1946.
Last edited by Frank Srebro; 12-04-2017 at 07:36 PM..
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