Lifter 20 ga.

[C.O.B.]

Baker was an American company. A friend of mine has several hammerless guns of varying quality in grades. They were well made but not on the same level as Parker or Fox.
20ga hammer guns are indeed special. I have a Boss thumb break with 30 inch barrels thats fun to shoot. It's tightly choked and I'd like to find another one thats more open.

[Bill Murphy]

My statement was based on the fact that a 30" 20 gauge hammer gun is more likely to be an English Baker than an American one. We would like to see pictures of this smallbore.

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Bill Murphy

My statement was based on the fact that a 30" 20 gauge hammer gun is more likely to be an English Baker than an American one. We would like to see pictures of this smallbore.

I could might get some this weekend , its in a gunshop about 50 miles from here . They mostly sell modern guns but they have a little rack with pre 1899 guns and some ww1 surplus rifles . I never looked into 20 ga hammer guns before I just assumed that they were common .

Theyll probably sit in that store forever , most people around here prefer o/u's and if they did buy a sxs theyd probably get a Stoeger . We have alot of quail hunting down here but not by locals . Seems most people who live down here use their shotguns for waterfowling and the most popular gun for that at least in my area is the Benellis .


They had two of them 20 gauge hammer guns 30" barrels , but one was off the face but the Baker seemed rock solid . What chamber length was 20 gauge guns back then ?

[Milton C Starr]

Originally Posted by Rich Anderson

Baker was an American company. A friend of mine has several hammerless guns of varying quality in grades. They were well made but not on the same level as Parker or Fox.
20ga hammer guns are indeed special. I have a Boss thumb break with 30 inch barrels thats fun to shoot. It's tightly choked and I'd like to find another one thats more open.

These little 20 ga hammer guns were almost as long as the Italian Vetterli rifle they were sitting beside . The damascus pattern was still pretty visible on the barrels as well .