These are all hammer guns as no hammerless guns were made during this period in Syracuse or Fulton.
The stocks on some of the early Quality F hammer guns from Syracuse and then Fulton were listed as a good quality American walnut. Higher grades used European walnut.
Damascus and Twist Steel barrels were sourced from Belgium. Steel barrels first used on hammer guns were Royal Steel and possibly sourced from England. Royal Steel barrels were the cheapest barrels offered on hammer guns.
The joint check was to stop the downward movement of the barrels, it didn't work as well as planned but it made getting the shells out a lot easier because the barrels opened more. The reason the joint check was eliminated was a cost factor. The second style joint check worked much better in the downward movement of the barrels but had one flaw, if the spring broke there was difficulty in removing the barrels.
The 3 position safety started on Syracuse guns starting in 1886 and was put there for live bird and then Trap shooting. Reason was, breaking gun open with a 2 position safety and forgetting to push safe off, you lost the bird, so the three position safety started to eliminate the use of the safety.
Later on in Fulton it was an option to have a 3 position safety.
The pointing setters on the butt plate was not a Hunter Arms Co. butt plate but was sourced from another company and was used on various guns. This is seen on the early Fulton graded number guns, ie; Qlty 2,3, etc.
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