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Originally Posted by Milton Starr
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same Baker
"1877 Formed the firm W. H. Baker & Co. with finacial input from L. C. Smith and moved to Syracuse, NY. Using patent 199,773 these guns were marketed,after 1880, as "L. C. Smith Maker The Baker Gun Syracuse N. Y." This double gun was produced until 1882 or 1883 when it was replaced by the L. C. Smith Co. gun designed by Alexander Brown. The three barrel gun was continued into the later 1880s."