Lloyd I was not going to answer any more about this, you have your mind set and I have my research. First off, it is 1888 not 1898. That last serial number I gave 23533 is most likely from some time in 1888.
The first year the hammerless gun was produced was in late August 1886 only 15 made, and the total to the end of December of that year was 281. That averages to 56 hammerless guns per month. For a full year let's use 80 hammerless gun made per month from 1887-1888. that is a total of 1,920, but it wouldn't be for the whole year of 1888.
I don't know where they got 1362 additional guns unless they added hammer guns, and it was not 2 1/2 years but less than 1 year (company sold in sometime in 1888, Hunter Arms STARTED IN 1889 not 1890 as stated in Houchins book and others. It was also stated that John Hunter had a building erected in Fulton, he did not, it was an old building that workers stated when heavy winds blew the building swayed. A plumb bob from the highest floor to the ground had an 18" gap.
In the Fulton Patriot News of 1898 a reporter interviewed John Hunter Jr. and he stated the first year 1889 they produced 3,000 guns and by 1898 they were hoping for 12,000 a year.

One other thing, if you look at the Research letter that Tom Garver received, it states his gun was finished in January 1890. They must have been very fast workers to finish that gun if Hunter Arms Gun Co. started in 1890! Seems to me those records are lost.

Also about the comparison on the Leonard rod, it was an example of ONE particular rod on what went into it and of the silk windings not a list of other rods and how good Tom Maxwell built rods, I don't think he was as good as Ted Simroe.
I won't be talking anymore about fishing rods, if you want to carry it on more email me @ jdavidw1@comcast.net