Hunters Special

[winplumber]

Go to the L.C. Smith collectors web sight it will tell you all about it. Oddly enough I just bought a double yesterday marked Montgomery Ward Co.and its made by Hunter Arms for them. Its a 20 ga and the price was right .

[Wayne Johnson]

Thanks for the info. I wasn't coming up with anything that looked right searching for "Hunters Special." Too generic I suppose. When I finally thought to add side by side shotgun to the search, I started to find stuff.

Thanks for the help.

[Drew Hause]

Hunter (No 's') Special, with the Smith rotary bolt lock-up, production was 5,971 1937-1945.



More infro here
http://www.picturetrail.com/sfx/album/view/17126039

Confusion exists related to the Crescent 'Hunter' sidelock made for Belknap Hdw. and a 'Fulton Arms Company' by the W.H. Davenport.

Hunter Arms made a number of tradename guns using the Fulton 1918-1919 (including a Gladiator for Sears), and later the Ranger for Sears. Dr Jim and I are submitting an article to DGJ about the tradename Fultons.

In reviewing the Hunter Arms shipping records and the 1904 Annual Report, Dr Jim also discovered that the Hunter Arms boxlock 'Hunter' was first made in 1904, but not patented until 1911. The name was changed to the 'Fulton' in 1915. No boxlock Hunter guns are known to exist.

[Gerald Majors]

If no "Hunters are known to Exist" what is the photo (following your post) by Mr Brown a photo of? The Photo also submitted by Mr Brown of the "Ranger" looks identical to the "Hunter" Are they the same?
Best
Gera;d

[Drew Hause]

Bro. Brown's .410 is a Hunter Special introduced in 1937 and it had a rotary bolt locking mechanism.
The Ranger is a Hunter Arms Co. Fulton.
The Hunter Arms Co. boxlock was first made in 1904, called the Hunter, and the name changed in 1915 to Fulton. No one in the LCSCA has seen one, so we can't say if there are any design or cosmetic difference.