Early Hammer 12Ga LC Smith SPC Royal Steel, Hunter ArmsCo Fulton New York
Timeless Classic Double Barrel Shotgun
High Quality Manufacturing Process in the late 1800s/early 1900's and Still Tight as a drum!
History of the Man and the company:
June 22, 1895 Sporting Life
“How the L. C. Smith Gun Came to be the Staple Article It Now Is In Sportsmen's Circles - History of Its Rise and Progress.”
It was but a few years ago that a man in Syracuse, N. Y., by the name of L.C. Smith conceived the idea of making a gun in this country that would compare with any of the imported arms. He organized a small company and began operations in that city, making a hammer gun.
L.C. Smith soon found a fortune in the gun business, and for several years stood very high in the gun-making trade, selling perhaps more guns in quantity to one large firm than all the other gun-makers together. As the trade continued working toward the hammerless, he devoted his attention to this end, and the perfection of high grade guns. In this he was materially assisted by his salesman, Harvey McMurchy, who is well-known to the gun trade and sportsmen in general throughout the United States.
It was not long, however, before Smith heard of a rival concern that was about to begin making a hammerless gun at Fulton, N. Y., using for a model a gun invented and patented by the late Harry Comstock. Smith was not slow in seeing that his trade would be materially affected, and, as he had already accumulated a snug fortune in the gun business, he desired to devote his attention to the making of the Smith Premier Typewriter, which he had invented. He then made a bargain, by which the originators of the new organization at Fulton should take his entire stock of guns, all the machinery and, in fact, the entire plant, and move it to Fulton, using the building already built for the use of the new company, and continue to make the gun, calling it the “L.C. Smith Gun.” This plan was consummated, and soon the L.C. Smith gun was being manufactured by the Hunter Arms Company, which was the name of the new firm at Fulton, N. Y.
The Hunter Arms Company is composed of John Hunter, president; John Hunter, Jr., secretary; Thomas Hunter, treasurer, and Robert Hunter, as bookkeeper. The stock of the company is all in the hands of members of the Hunter family, who have entire control of all matters pertaining to the business. The plant at Fulton is one of the best in the country, comprising one building 220 by 50 feet and four stories high. The forging and brazing departments are in separate buildings.
The factory is thoroughly equipped with all the latest machinery, which enables them to turn out guns of the highest finish and most complete workmanship at a price that places them within the reach of the majority of sportsmen.