Nickel plated LC Smiths-Ithacas

Serial number of this optioned 12 Skeet Special is 127465- looked them up in Houchin's Bible of Elsie- less than 800 skeet specials made- - If I buy this Smith it won't see much duck hunting- the old mantra "Nothing Rattles, Nothing Shines" is for serious waterfowlers like moi who like to shoot birds in close-

[charlie cleveland]

francis i have a no. 4 grade lc smith that has nichol plated reciever and side locks... was owned by same family since new they bought gun in 1895. them smiths are aregood guns. charlie

And thanks to my "Guardian Angel" I have the now o.p. Houchins book- he details the Skeet Specials, but NOTHING in those 700 pages about nickel plating on Smiths- The owner and I have to agree on more than price- I want to remove the lock plates (something I can do blindfolded) and see the innards and also the locks-possible pitting as seen under the plating- and also test fire it with a few boxes of factory RST's to check out the Hunter One Trigger- my 4 other using 12 gauge Smiths all have double triggers, and I trust single triggers (except the M21) about as much as I would have trusted Bernie Madoff with my 401K---

[Bill Murphy]

Is a letter out of the question?

Letter- schmetter- I haven't bought the gun yet- my guess is- the Hunter One Trigger will be the "Achilles Heel" here- and I sure would prefer case colors to the nickel plating- but we shall see...