Could this gun be an early 1892 perhaps? The bakelite forend decoration and the later butt-plate makes me think it's a later gun, even into 1893.

Also...

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1901 & 1890 guns as examples of Fulton and Syracuse Elsie production.

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1891 Quality 1 and 1890 Quality 2

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The bolsters on the bottom of the action evolved rapidly away (too much hand fitting!). 1891 Quality 1 on top, 1890 Quality 2 on bottom.By 1893-4 they were all flat-bottomed.

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1890 Quality 2 gun in 12 ( 1st year of production @ Fulton) w/escutcheon on forend

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1886 Syracuse 10 gauge Quality 3? (not my gun btw) The Syracuse guns could be quite pretty.

Zero mass-production lends itself to that better perhaps...

Last edited by Lloyd3; 04/13/26 04:15 PM.