Who made it?
 

http://parkerguns.org/forums/picture...ictureid=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

That angle on the action sure looks like Syracuse Arms.

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

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...sn2alC9ek/edit

From The Baker Gun Quarterly, March 1897 --

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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.

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

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?!?

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.

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