According to William Brophy's "L.C. Smith Shotguns" there were only 227 Monogram Grade guns in 12 Gauge completed. Built with blued steel barrels featuring dual white bead sights on the matted flat vent rib which is marked "L. C. SMITH Monogram GRADE" in gold at the base, "SIR JOSEPH WHITWORTH FLUID COMPRESSED STEEL" and "MADE TO ORDER BY THE HUNTER ARMS CO. INC. FULTON. N.Y." marked on the right and left tubes respectively, wedges of scroll engraving at either breech, "WILD FOWL" marked on the bottom of the exposed lug, and 3 inch chambers with automatic ejectors. The barrels are fitted to a casehardened sidelock action which displays near full coverage scroll engraving surrounding "L.C. SMITH" inlaid in gold on either lockplate as well as a pair of doves on the left side, a mallard on the underside, and a matching set of doves on the right side. The engraving continues onto the toplever, tangs, and triggerguard, which displays a gold inlaid script "Wilfred Wright". Wilfred Wright was a British veteran of World War I as well as an engraver and gunsmith who worked for Savage on the A. H. Fox guns and is recorded as having received a special high grade gun with his name from the factory. The gun features a gold washed Hunter One Trigger and a tang mounted manual safety with a gold inlaid "S" indicator. The gun is mounted with a beautifully figured and fancy fleur-de-lis checkered splinted forend with engraved fittings and an ebony tip inlay as well as a straight grip stock with serrated buttplate. Barrel and stock measurements (R/L): bore diameter nine inches from the breech .726/.725 inches; choke constriction .035/.036 inches; minimum wall thickness .032/.030 inches; 1 11/16 inch drop at comb; 2 1/2 inch drop at heel; 13 13/16 inch length of pull; weight 8 lbs. 6 oz.

Very fine as professionally upgraded, retaining 98% blue finish with some brown coloration near the muzzles, 90% case colors, minor handling evidence, a small crack in the recoil pad spacer, some loss of gold on the trigger and the inscription, and sharp checkering on the stock and forend. Mechanically excellent.