Who made it?

[Jack Cronkhite]

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture.php?albumid=185&pictureid=13303
This would be like engraving Meriden Conn on a frame but not showing Parker Bros anywhere else. It has the look of Baker but .... Anybody seen one of these?? Cheers Jack

[Phil Yearout]

That angle on the action sure looks like Syracuse Arms.

[Dave Noreen]

It is the Batavia Hammerless. See the Hammerless Boxlock section here --

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zR9cn008zfbEsyaynA_u8sf9wHI6ItVi0msn2alC9ek/edit

From The Baker Gun Quarterly, March 1897 --

95520

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95523

It was the Baker Gun & Forging Company's low priced gun during the latter half of the 1890s. A lot of them were made as "trade branded" guns for various dealers. In 1900 they brought out their low priced sidelock guns the Batavia Leader/Special/Damascus/Brush etc.

[charlie cleveland]

nice guns for the money...34 dollars was a lot of money I guess back then...charlie

[Dave Noreen]

I just re-read the text and on the first page they say the Damascus barrel gun has 3-blade Damascus and on the third page is says 4-blade?!?

[Brian Dudley]

I have owned a couple of these baker hammerless guns. They are not very often encountered.
As I recall, I think both of mine were marked for Montgomery Ward.

[Jack Cronkhite]

I currently am custodian of a Montgomery Ward Baker. It is the heaviest 12 gauge I’ve ever taken afield. It is meant for a duck blind not chasing pheasants