When the new "name" grades were introduced in 1913, one of the grades was the "Trap Grade", between the "Ideal" and "Specialty" grades. What Dean is describing is a "Trap Grade" gun. According to Houchins there were 356 20-gauge "Trap Grades" produced. By the late 1920s, I'm sure L.C. Smith guns of every grade were being ordered configured as skeet guns. Hunter Arms Co. introduced a gun called the L.C. Smith Skeet Special in 1929. It had a skeet logo on the right lock plate and a bird in flight on the left with a few flourishes at the corners of the plates. The L.C. Smith Skeet Special was offered through 1944. In the last couple of years, 1949-1950, they offered a bit fancier L.C. Smith Premier Skeet Gun. These are the ones to watch out for as many unfinished guns and parts were sold off and assembled/finished by who knows who.
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