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Category - Baker Shotguns - Shotguns - Single Shot

Category
Baker Shotguns
Shotguns - Single Shot

Baker Single Barrel Trap - RARE, HIGH FACTORY CONDITION, vintage firearms inc

Description:
General Specs: Baker Gun Co., 1909, 12 Gauge, 7lbs. 2oz., Choke Full, LOP 14 3/8″, DAH 2 1/4″, DAC 1 1/2″
Serial Number:  86

The Baker Gun and Forging Company was founded by some of the most influential players of the early American sporting gun world, men you will know from later and more prolific gun makers.  William Baker, Leroy H. Smith, and Lyman C. Smith formed an alliance in 1878 to make guns and that company would become “L.C. Smith, the Maker of the Baker Gun”.  The Smith brothers built these guns until about 1888 when they sold the company to Hunter Arms Co. who built the L.C. Smith guns until selling to Marlin Arms in 1947.  BIG NAMES INDEED.  William Baker went on to join forces again with Leroy Smith and his brother-in-law George Livermore to start the Ithaca Gun Co. in Ithaca New York in 1883.  L.C. Smith and Ithaca were the two biggest gunmakers in the American doublegun world.  I provide this brief history because many shotgunners today are unaware of the Baker name in the gun industry.  Early Baker guns were very high-quality and well-designed firearms that stand the test of time and are superb guns for your shooting pleasures today, over 140 years later.  This gun is one of the earliest SINGLE BARREL TRAP GUNS PRODUCED, serial number 86 built in 1909.  THE GUN IS IN FACTORY ORIGINAL CONDITION TO INCLUDE 99% BARREL BLUE, 85% VIVID CASE COLOR, 97% TRIGGER GUARD BLUE, 98% WOOD FINISH, PERFECT MIRROR BORE, PERFECT SCREWS AND WOOD TO METAL FIT, MECHANICALLY EXCELLENT IN ALL WAYS INCLUDING HAVING THE BARREL TIGHT AS NEW ON THE HINGE PIN AND BREECH FACE.  This is a graceful, stunningly beautiful gun with well figured English walnut, superb checkering, a unique flared beavertail forend, Monte Carlo stock with cheek piece, and a leather faced Silvers pad (the Silvers pad replaced at some point in the past with a newer one).  The barrel has a unique pyramid shape above the line of the forend wood, changing to round forward of the wood.  The 30” vent rib barrel is choked Full.  This is a VFI Certified gun having been stripped to the smallest part, Ultrasonic cleaned, each part scrubbed to the bare metal, all parts inspected for function and integrity, lubricated and reassembled, complete with a 90-day mechanical warranty, a $450 service in our shop.  In Frank Connely’s definitive book, “THE AMERICAN SINGLE BARREL TRAP GUN” he details the Baker SBT, noting each one was made to order and no two were ever the same.  Whoever ordered this gun knew what he was doing, as the beavertail forend fits the hand for a firm and steady swing and the cheek piece on the Monte Carlo stock helps to spread recoil across your cheek rather than the cheek bone.  The locking mechanism is similar to the Ithaca Knick and is solid and fully capable of competitive shooting at the traps.  THIS IS A RARE GUN AND A RARE OPPORTUNITY TO OWN A HIGH CONDITION PIECE OF AMERICAN GUN HISTORY AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE.  See specifications below.  Don’t miss out on this one, and thanks for looking!

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Barrels
Barrel Length:   30″
Chokes:   .035 Full
Bores:   mirror
Bore Diameter:   .730
Wall Thickness:   .035
% Blue:   99% factory blue
Chambers:   2 3/4″
Ribs:   vent-tight
Sights:  Front silver mid copper

Action
Action:  tight right of center
Ejector
Receiver Condition:   85% factory case color
Screws:   excellent
Engraving:   line and scroll, scant, sharp, clear
Trigger Type:   single-crisp
Trigger Guard Color:   engraved 97% factory charcoal blue

Stock
Type:   capped pistol grip with Monte Carlo/cheek piece; figured Euro walnut; unique beavertail
LOP:   14 3/8″
LOP To End Of Wood:   13 5/16″
DAH:   2 1/4″
DAC:   1 1/2″
Cast:   neutral
Checkering Condition:   superb 28lpi factory
Butt Treatment:   Silvers leather faced


INQUIRIES
There is a 30 day mechanical warranty on long guns. If it is a “VFI Certified” gun there is a 90 day mechanical warranty. Call or email us for more details or questions. Thanks! Vintage Firearms Inc

Payment and Shipping
Ways to Pay: Credit Card, Money Order, Certified Check, Personal Check, Wire Transfer (Advertised price reflects 3.5% cash discount. Actual price if paid by credit card is 3.5% higher.)
Inspection Period / Return Policy: Three Days from the date the item was received.
Sales Tax Collected: AZ, FL, GA, MI, MO, PA, TX
Shipping & Insurance: Ground $105.00 within continental U.S. Additional fees for HI & AK.
Item Condition: Used
Requires FFL?: Yes. C&R licenses accepted for shipping C&R eligible guns

Other
Terms of Purchase: Check your local and state laws before purchasing. It is the buyer’s responsibility to confirm his/her right to own the firearm or any item before purchasing.
PLEASE SEE OUR OTHER FINE VINTAGE FIREARMS. View all listings and our full inventory of fine sporting and collectible arms will appear. Thanks for looking! We employ full time gunsmiths on premises and can perform alterations to suit your needs within a few weeks of purchase. Common requests are: -stock bending to suit your particular requirements -addition of any specified butt pad to increase length of pull -alteration of chokes to suit your shooting preferences -lengthening of chambers and forcing cones -darkening stock color with penetrating stains -restoring any part of the gun including rust blue, charcoal blue, bone and charcoal case color, wood restoration and checkering recuts. If you like one our guns but it needs “tweaked”, let us know and we can quote you a time and price. Some enthusiasts like the guns “as found” and others want them “just so”. We often list guns as found and let the particular buyer choose how they want their gun to fit or look.

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Shotgun Gauge: 12 Gauge