T Barker Shotgun Serial Numbers

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).

I have an oxford arms 12 ga that was my grandfathers after many years of looking the only info i have come up with is that the guns were produced by the crescent for belknap hardware company in louisville KY around the early 1900's the only values ive seen were in the $300-$400 range and it seems as though the hammerless versions were worth more(with steel barrels rather than damascus)the crescent fire arms company was in norwich conn. Around 1892 and was purchased by h & d folsom in 1893 and asorbed by Stevens arms & tool in 1926.if anyone else knows anything about these guns i'd like to know as there seems to be little info or history available. Hundreds of thousands of similar guns were imported from Belgiumc. Most were marked with trade names instead of themanufacturer's name. There is very little collector interest inthese, so there has been little research into their origins. Manyof the names have been documented to a US reta iler orimporter/wholesaler but very few of the makers have beenidentified. The laminated barrels were intended for black powdershells and modern ammunition should not be used.

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