"the Hunter brothers (five)"
Foxy, If you own "The Legend Lives" I suggest you look in the begining under Hunter Brothers and see how many there were. It wasn't a typo on my end.
Also for your Specialty Grade look at the barrels again, they should be Nitro Steel.
I loaned my copy of the trad ed. of Houchins' fine book to a friend- but I am sure there were five brothers Hunter--just as I am sure there are TWO cough drop Smith brothers- Trade Smith and Mark Smith-- You are right- only my 1909 12 Grade 2 Smith has Crown steel barrels, the 1924 Specialty does have Nitro- and it has the "banjo-butt" shaped ejector metal escutcheon-- But I also have an older "transitional Syracuse to Fulton Grade 2E- some history on this Smith, as the original barrels were Damascus and it had the first series ejectors with the "clamshell release"-- The owner sent it to Fulton in 1927 and had it rebarreled with a set of 32" Nitro Steel barrels, ejectors, 32" F&F, barrels stamped 2E and the four digit sn of the gun stamped twice on the flats, one stamping in slightly higher case letters- it also has the reinforcing yoke (as on the LONGRANGE models)-- and a matching splinter forearm with black tip, but the ejector (May 1901 Pat'd style) and forearn relase is in the later rectangular shaped escutcheon-- lotsa variations over the years-
