![]() ![]() H & D Folsom revived the Batavia Leader name but with steel barrels like the old Batavia Special.įrom your serial number your gun is an H&D Folsom produced Batavia Leader and should have steel barrels. In 1919 Baker sold out their gun business to H&D Folsom. discontinued all these "Batavia" models and replaced them with the Black Beauty and the Black Beauty Special. ![]() There was also a Batavia Ejector that listed at $35 with steel barrels and $37.50 with Damascus barrels. From a 1909 copy of The Baker Gunner - The Batavia Leader had twist barrels and listed at $25 - The Batavia Special had steel barrels and listed at $21.75 - The Batavia Damascus had Damascus barrels and listed at $28 - and, finally the Batavia Brush had 26-inch twist barrels and a straight-grip stock listing at $24 and offered swivels and a sling as an option for $3. days there were several variations of the lower priced "Batavia" line. In the very last Baker ads that I've found in old sporting magazines from April and May 1928, and October 1929, Folsom also offered a 410-bore Batavia Leader, though I've never seen one.ĭuring the Baker Gun & Forging Co. Folsom-made Baker guns normally have an F before or after the serial number. Folsom added the 20-gauge to the Baker line that they produced. ![]() (2) Anyone know of a source for the screws that hold the (external. The wood's fine, I want to get it off to de-rust the metal parts. a major marketer, manufacturer and importer of low priced guns. (1) Anyone know how to get the stock and forend off of a Baker model 1897 SxS It was my grandfather's, poorly stored I'm sorry to say. After WW-I with the rise of repeaters Baker sold their gun business to H&D Folsom Co. To reduce costs the Batavia line did not have the "firing pin block safety" or the "draw block" which passes transversely through the barrel lug and mates into recesses in the frame, of the graded Baker hammerless guns and the Model 1897 hammer gun. The Batavia guns were the low priced or "field grade" models of the Baker Gun & Forging Co. ![]()
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