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Well, best of luck and thanks again for posting. There is also someone out there selling reproductions of a Batavia Gun metal advertising sign as well as the 1915 catalog. Do a search for Baker Batavia Leader and you'll find quite a range of prices. The is a collector's market for Baker guns, but it's very limited, the higher end models are the most sought after, and condition means everything. Smith Collectors Association who knew a great deal about Baker guns. As far as I know, there is nothing like a Baker Collector's Club, but several years ago I met some folks through the L.C. I haven't heard from him in years and haven't seen the book anywhere so I guess that it has not been published. I learned a great deal in talking with him, including the stories about clearing out all the company records and throwing them in the trash! A few years ago, circa 1995, there was a young guy who was trying to write a history of the company and its guns. My interest stems from the fact that my late wife's uncle worked for Baker and eventually retired from it's successor.
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The most notorious example is probably the night he had to climb out the window of the hotel where he was staying to avoid arrest! More well documented is the lawsuit by Stevens against Baker Gun for patent infringement. Evidently, he often got around just a few steps in front of the law. Baker was quite a fellow and got around quite a bit. The site includes a little history that helps explain why some people associate Baker with one city and other folks place him in another city. If you haven't already found the site, you might check out Thanks for posting your pics and congrats on owning a Baker, even it is a little ruff. Then sentimental value can't e calculated can it? A Prime condition example (rare as as ,these guns were used hard and received little care or maintenance) that appears to have come out of the factory yesterday afternoon might bring as much as $125 while a rusty and pitted metal, rotten or broken wood and missing parts piece of junk fit only for salvage of parts or as a whiskey still stirring stick might bring as little as $10 if it could be sold at all. Current value will depend on the guns condition, the amount of original finish remaining on the metal and wood as well as the mechanical condition. These were well made fairly inexpensive shotguns selling for between $15 to $25 new. Shotgun Pattern Gauge is tool Short ronge, improves shooting, scoring. A serial number if there is one will be stamped on the bottom of the barrels or the flat part of the receiver which is known as the watertable. Crescent Fire Arms Company did not start making Baker shotguns until 1920. A NEW BAKER MODEl shotgun (an outside hammer type) was made by the Baker Gun And Forging Company of Syracuse New York (1887 to 1919) The BAKER NEW MODEL was made from 1887 to 1894 (I have serial number-year made tables for this gun). A "Trade Brand Name" shot is one that was made by a major maker for and was sold by a wholesale sporting goods dealer, a retail chain store or an independent seller (your local hardware store) who chose the name to go on the gun. Kornbrath, command substantial price premiums over values listed.You have what I call a "Trade Brand Name" shotgun but that is not technically true. Baker shotguns manufactured between 19, that were engraved by Rudolph J. Use a long swinging sear, that once adjusted, gave consistent trigger pull throughout the working life of an arm. Make a double barrel shotgun, with hammers directly behind the firing pins. Make arms with an intercepting firing pin block safety. Make a single barrel trap shotgun with ventilated rib. Baker Gun & Forging Company was the first American arms manufacturer to: 1. Late model Bakers were made by Crescent Firearms Company and have serial numbers with an "F" suffix. From 1919 to approximately 1923, Folsom continued to assemble and make Baker shotguns. Folsom Company had, for almost 20 years, been Baker Company's sole New York City agent and had marketed at least one Baker model that was only made for them. Folsom Arms Company of Norwich, Connecticut. Company was sold on December 24, 1919, to H. The company name was changed to the Baker Gun & Forging Co. The factory in Syracuse burned in 1888 and the company moved to Batavia, NY. 370,966 granted Oct 4, 1887, were introduced by Syracuse Forging & Gun Co. Baker shotguns have in recent years become highly collectible. These 'New Baker' trigger-plate hammer doubles based on A.C. Offered in a wide variety of grades, from plain utilitarian to heavily embellished models. Made from drop forged parts, Baker single-/double barrel shotguns quickly gained a reputation for strength and reliability among shooters of the period. Baker Gun & Forging Company founded in early 1890, by Elias Baker, brother of William Baker.