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06-27-2013, 11:27 PM | #3 | ||||||
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Yes the article is what got me wondering if this is a long range or not. It does not mention whether only the long range models had the extra support added.
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06-28-2013, 06:48 AM | #4 | ||||||
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If the barrel is not stamped or engraved "LONG RANGE" or Wildfowl it is neither.
The Reinforcing Lug between the barrels was not restricted to the Long Range option. If fact there are Long Range guns that do not have this. Previously I owned 2 without the lug. I still have a Grade 3 with a Reinforcing Lug which is not a Long Range.
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06-28-2013, 11:38 AM | #5 | ||||||
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i have a field grade long range 3 inch marked and it does not have the lug either... charlie
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06-28-2013, 12:22 PM | #6 | ||||||
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Thanks guys that is what I wanted to know. Keep my from buying a set of barrels.
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06-28-2013, 01:37 PM | #7 | ||||||
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Just like everything else in these old doubles there is the "norm" and then lots of variations. Gotta remember, workers were grabbing parts to assemble and get product out the door.
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07-05-2013, 03:28 AM | #8 | ||||||
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I can say that the reinforcing lug is not limited to long range guns. Does that LC you ask about have a BTFE? I recently had an LC Smith regular frame skeet special in the shop with factory vent rib, ejectors and BTFE. It had the same lug you ask about.
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07-05-2013, 11:10 AM | #9 | ||||||
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What Mark and Brian said. There are (at least) 3 variants of the Smith barrel loop support. Pre-1913 guns with barrels having a reinforcing wedge probably have replacement barrels or the support was fitted at a later date; possibly after introduction of the Double Barrel Trap Gun in 1920 or the Long Range Wild Fowl in 1924.
The reinforcing wedge is found routinely on guns with beavertail forends, especially the long beavertail schnabel introduced in 1922. This is the 3rd style solid wedge Fox wedge for comparison Crude A.J. Aubrey Even 'crudier' Crescent Remington 1894
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07-05-2013, 12:47 PM | #10 | ||||||
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I do not know if had a BTFE as it was only a set of barrels for sale. I figured if it was a long range model it was worth picking up.
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