Since starting this article, I have researched more information and have found that the Hunter Arms Company did start production in 1889. The following is from a weekly newspaper The Fulton Patriot, Fulton, New York, Wednesday, April 12, 1899 Number 15.
It gives quite of bit of history that has already been published, but it also gives some that has not. "From the original building, the workers have enlarged from time to time, as necessities compelled, until present time finds them occupying the main structure, 220 x 50 feet four stories in height together with four other small buildings. Output has increased from 3,000 guns in 1889 to a quadrupled volume, and 1899 will show an annual output of twelve thousand (12,000) guns."
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