Came across this thread and decided it should be bounced back up…. Splendidly written!! While I love the old Smiths I must agree that metallurgy and precision is much better than it was then. While I despise the lock hole on the 29-10 I have an amazing trigger and fit and finish are superb...
Thank you gentleman. This one is a big learning curve for me as it’s quite outside my station per se….. I will be end up getting a Colt letter. Did some reading tonight about engravers of the past. Gustave Young was “the” engraver for years at Colt. And he signed his work with a wolf’s head on...