Agreed on the "Curtis" fastener. This little girl is a 1947 Hunter Arms Marlin in the Featherweight Deluxe Field edition according to the original order form and was ordered with a pad (Jostam), checkered beavertail forend, and the "single sighting plane" high rib. It is choked full/xfull with 28" barrels. The wood is serialed to the gun and since it's a Marlin Field, the snap on beavertail. I got it from the original owner who worked for and ordered it through W.A.L. Thompson Hardware Co. in Topeka, Kansas. I just had to have one Smith. Lee.
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