LC Smith Hunter Arms 10 gauge

[Mike Irwin]

Friend of mine inherited said shotgun from his uncle. Says it's in VG to Excellent condition, and has asked me to help him gin up some information and possibly a price range.

I don't know much about Smiths, other than that 10 gauges are pretty uncommon.

I pointed him towards the collector's society and urged him to get the gun lettered.

I know value is highly dependent on which model/grade it is. He's going to send me some pictures and hopefully I can pin it down a little more narrowly.

When was the "FV" serial number prefix in use?

 

[Ricklin]

Sure tbat is not FW? FW denotes a featherweight frame. LC smith has a great collectors site. Just add dot org to lc smith.

 

[Mike Irwin]

He said FV, but he also said the serial number is hard to read.

I have him sending me pictures, and I also gave him the link to the collector's site.

 

[Ricklin]

Good folks there, he will get some help. They were a huge help when I acquired my Specialty trap. Turned out to be the 2nd oldest one known. By three serial numbers. It's fun to shoot trap with a gun that is darn near 100. It feels like it's ready for another 100 years.