Thomas Hunter’s 1904 Hunter Arms Co. Annual Report, dated January 11, 1905, states “14 Hunters” were made in 1904. 15,451 boxlock shotguns were produced before Hunter Arms Co. received a patent for the G.S. Lewis designed gun Feb. 7, 1911, and another 8,190 before the introduction of the Hunter Arms Co. Fulton in 1915.
Unfortunately, the "Hunter" shipping records simply list serial numbers; without gauge, barrel length or destination.
No “Hunter” boxlock is known to exist today.
The 1908 Van Camp Hardware, Indianapolis catalog has an illustration of the tradename "Capital Arms Co." boxlock
Which is the same image as that used in the 1912 Schoverling, Daly & Gales catalog for "Manhattan Arms Co."
It would appear to be likely that the "Hunter" was never marketed as such, but only as a tradename gun, explaining why none have been found.
Van Camp also used the tradenames Compeer, Rival and New Rival on guns. And much later a Davis-Warner also tradenamed Capital Arms Co.
It would seem that the Hunters were trying to protect their reputation with the L.C. Smith name. It would be an interesting study to see how much the Hunters and Fultons cannibalized sales of the sidelock guns.