Baker Flintlock Rifle

My only comment is that in the original Bakers I have handled the rifling is not similar to the Sniders or Martinis....it seemed deeper and more pronounced to me. If....you were looking for authenticity you would probably want to have correct rifling. I can't believe that a competant gunsmith would have any difficulty with the change over.
 
Claven2 said:
From what I can garner, if they rifle the barrel, it becomes impossible for them to export to certain countries that buy alot of units.

too bad really, as I would easily prefer a rifled baker to a smoothbore.
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i just picked up an orignal baker, but it was converted to prucssion. i still like it. charles
 
Rob, I may be wrong, but the Brunswick Rifle is not just a percussion Baker, they had keyed rifling.

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Hey Whit12

I also have a Baker that has been converted to percussion. It has been in my wife's family for a long time but I can't get any history of where it originally came from. It's missing a screw from the front of the trigger guard. Otherwise it looks to be in nice shape. The screw holes from the original lock show up quite well in the flash. They are not so visible in normal light. Does yours look like this?

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I have been looking for a Baker rifle for years (litterally). It usually does not take me long to find what I want. The Baker Rifle is the exception. It actually pisses me off.
 
I recently got my Baker rifle kit from the Rifle Shoppe just before xmas.It came with some real nice figure in the stock.I got it with the lock and barrel work completed to save time.Should make into a real nice rifle.

Jeff
 
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