The most notorious example is probably the night he had to climb out the window of the hotel where he was staying to avoid arrest! More well documented is the lawsuit by Stevens against Baker Gun for patent infringement. Evidently, he often got around just a few steps in front of the law. Baker was quite a fellow and got around quite a bit. The site includes a little history that helps explain why some people associate Baker with one city and other folks place him in another city. If you haven't already found the site, you might check out Thanks for posting your pics and congrats on owning a Baker, even it is a little ruff. Then sentimental value can't e calculated can it? A Prime condition example (rare as as ,these guns were used hard and received little care or maintenance) that appears to have come out of the factory yesterday afternoon might bring as much as $125 while a rusty and pitted metal, rotten or broken wood and missing parts piece of junk fit only for salvage of parts or as a whiskey still stirring stick might bring as little as $10 if it could be sold at all. Current value will depend on the guns condition, the amount of original finish remaining on the metal and wood as well as the mechanical condition. These were well made fairly inexpensive shotguns selling for between $15 to $25 new.
1887 new baker shotgun parts serial number#
A serial number if there is one will be stamped on the bottom of the barrels or the flat part of the receiver which is known as the watertable. Crescent Fire Arms Company did not start making Baker shotguns until 1920. A NEW BAKER MODEl shotgun (an outside hammer type) was made by the Baker Gun And Forging Company of Syracuse New York (1887 to 1919) The BAKER NEW MODEL was made from 1887 to 1894 (I have serial number-year made tables for this gun). A "Trade Brand Name" shot is one that was made by a major maker for and was sold by a wholesale sporting goods dealer, a retail chain store or an independent seller (your local hardware store) who chose the name to go on the gun. You have what I call a "Trade Brand Name" shotgun but that is not technically true.
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