I see that Dr. Drew has filled-in the rest of it, thank you Dr. Drew. I also have a Quality 2 gun from 1890 that looks exactly like a Syracuse gun, except for the shape of the breech balls, which are slightly angled (not the full hemispheres of the earlier guns). It also has the square barrel lug and the bigger bolsters of the original Syracuse guns.
With the engraving you're describing, your gun may be a Quality 2. My Quality 1 only has perimeter line engraving on its lockplates and a Starburst on the hinge pin. If it has damascus tubes it very likely is a Quality 2 gun. Also, the "2" near the barrel lug almost guarantees that.
Does it have the metallic "escutcheon" on the forend?
Last edited by Lloyd3; 04/12/26 06:56 PM.
