Interesting. I could see Mr. Garver's guns earlier? Not sure what happened there?

No matter, my 1890 Quality 2 gun (SN 30430) looks identical to Mr. Garver's 1889 Quality 2 SN 30041 "Syracuse" gun. It has the "vase" shaped ebony tip, the diamond-shaped escutcheon on it's forend, the large "concave" ribs (the British would call these "drooping bars") and the Syracuse Quality 2 style of engraving. It has the "square" barrel lug and the action is sculpted much like gun #30041.




The top gun here is an 1891 Quality 1 gun.

It also has a fairly well-figured English walnut stock (but with the later "double-dog" buttplate), and, depending on your perspective, the breech balls seem more rounded and full when seen from the side and the top. Later Smith guns (even by only a few years) look almost nothing like this.

I'm not sure what more it needs it be considered a "Syracuse" style of Smith gun except for the fact that it was assembled in Fulton during their 1st year of production? There are some differences, but they are very slight. C'mon Dave...