baker batavia special shotgun serial numbers

They state that they do not have any Paragon Grade guns in stock and all are made to order requiring 4 to 8 weeks. They state that they introduced the Paragon about two years ago, but have been so busy with the lower priced guns that they havent devoted the time and energy they should have in bringing it to the notice of the shooting public. There is a half a sentence that eludes to higher priced guns built to special order. May 1900 - At this date they only appeared to offer 5 guns - Model 1897 hammer gun with twist barrels 25 net, Model 1897 Hammer gun with Damascus barrels 27.80 net, the B-Grade with London Damascus twist barrels for 35 net, the A-Grade with Fine Four-Blade Damascus barrels 42.75 net, and the Paragon Grade with fine four-blade Damascus barrels with extra fine figure 60 net. Hollenbeck had three patents granted while he was in Batavia and two are assigned to the Baker Gun Forging Co.įrom your brief description it sounds like you have a Baker B-grade.

When the plant in Syracuse burned and they moved operations to Batavia, W.H.īaker was ill with TB and they brought in Frank A. (twist barrels I believe) Unable to find year.īaker was dead before any of the sidelock hammerless Baker doubles built in Batavia saw the light of day.Įven the trigger-plate hammer gun built first in Syracuse and then later in Batavia was designed by A.C. At end of gun stock is a logo B superimposed with a C and then superimposed with a T.-I assume it means Baker Co.īarrel is 32 in.

Baker batavia special shotgun serial numbers