LC Smith Special Order 12ga 30"

[Craig Larter]

I bought a new gun at the Southern. It's a very interesting LC Smith Special Order from 1919. It has engraving like the early A-1's. The stock is highly figured with a crushed silver recoil pad leather faced. The checkering is fine and the pistol grip has a fancy shape. The gun is 2 3/4" chamber but beefy at 8lbs 14oz with 30" IM/F chokes. The min. walls are .049/.049. It is built like a Super Fox or Parker 3 frame 12 except it has standard bores of .727. I did sell a LC Smith Grade 3 10ga 30" damascus so I came home from the Southern with the same number of guns I left with LOL. Fulton NY is only about 30 miles from my duck club, I have always had a soft spot for Smith guns.

[Double Lab]

And you shot it well my friend. I just love the grip "curl". Maybe you can shoot for Team LC next year.

[Researcher]

Is there a name or term for that grip style? It is seen on a lot of early Marlin rifles & shotguns and Ballard single shot rifles.

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[Craig Larter]

Dave wasn't a early Fox DE stocked with the same pistil grip design?

[Researcher]

The C.A. Godshalk Fox shotgun the looks like a Gough-style DE-Grade but is marked X has a grip that terminates in a subtle interpretation of this style --

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[Johnny Mercer]

That's a good-looking LC Smith. You did good.

[Twoatlow8]

Very nice! I would be interested to see the letter on that one.

[B. Dudley]

Some early Baker grip caps has a shape like that. And also some Ithaca guns in the Lewis era used that style of pistol grip.
But yes, Marlin/ballard would be the most common users of it.

[Craig Larter]

According to Steve Cambria the proper name for the style is ogee flourish

[Double Lab]

Sounds like a New England name to me.