John
Obviously the original forend was lost off this gun at some point in time; and the entire forend is a later factory replacement. If you examine the fore iron metal on your gun, you'll see that it is wider at the base that the iron in David's photo. It became necessary to strengthen the fore irons on Smith guns after the development of their Type II ejector system; and sometime in 1901/02 the width of the fore iron base was widened. I don't know if/when the reinforced fore iron was incorporated onto manual extractor guns; but certainly by the 1913 grades transition this change was standard on all Smith guns. If you examine the photos David attached earlier of a Quality 2, and specifically examine the photo of the fore iron; you'll clearly see the differences I've tried to describe. Who knows when Hunter did this repair, but the company was obviously out of original Syracuse era parts when this repair was done; therefore a current production iron was adapted/modified to fit an old model Quality 2. Knowing this information just makes the old gun that much more interesting, and I'm glad to know she shoots well. And if you don't find anyone local to do those repairs, you might try Buck Hamlin but it'll be a wait. He's out in Colorado chasing elk at the moment; then there's deer season, rabbit season, turkey season, etc. so who knows when he might be ready to go back to work.
