Brian, this all began happening with Hunter Arms from January,1890. A fellow member owns serial number 30036 and I own serial number 30041. Both guns are recorded as "XXX" but are stamped #3 on the receiver lockplate inletting. Both have Quality 3 style lockplate engraving. The strange thing is that the Quality 3 supposedly wasn't available until 1894. Just 2 examples and there are many, many more