Re: Feeble Attempt to Clarify a Misnomer Archived Message
Posted by John Houchins on August 31, 2007, 11:36 pm, in reply to "Re: Feeble Attempt to Clarify a Misnomer" |
The Quality 7 gun referenced above is in the section of the book it belongs in period. It was ordered 2 years after Hunter dropped the Qualities 6 & 7. Despite this fact it was still ORDERED SPECIFICALLY as a grade 7, which was clearly a Syracuse grade and style gun. The lock plates are the standard single step Syracuse plates. The Hunter A2 first offered in 1892 had double stepped plates. Both the No.7 & the A2 had the bottom frame ribs. Yes, the breech balls are smaller but there is documented evidence of Syracuse mfg. guns with smaller BB's. The Hunter name is on the barrel rib and clearly shown in the pictures in the book as well as the notation that the gun is circa 1894 because it was mfg in Fulton by Hunter. No attempt to mislead what so ever,and despite the subtle differences in manufacturing between 1890 and 1894 it still more closely resembles a Syracuse style gun with its single step lock plate and therefore, for the reasons enumerated above it was included with the Syracuse guns where it obviously belongs. I guess I could have included it with the Hunter guns and listed it as a Hunter Quality 7 but it was ordered 2 years after Hunter dropped the No. 7. That didn't make a lot of sense to me either. At least that is my opinion for what its worth.
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