Pedersoli Baker Rifle Updated May 2024

Thankfully to my wife as far as she is concerned one gun looks just like another and couldn’t identify what I own to save her soul so once I m able to get them in the house I m golden.I just leave the house with an empty gun case telling her I m selling a gun and then return with the new gun and say buddy changed his mind and didn’t buy it.Honesty may be the best policy but being sneaky at times causes less hassles
 
chasseur said:
Thankfully to my wife as far as she is concerned one gun looks just like another and couldn’t identify what I own to save her soul so once I m able to get them in the house I m golden.I just leave the house with an empty gun case telling her I m selling a gun and then return with the new gun and say buddy changed his mind and didn’t buy it.Honesty may be the best policy but being sneaky at times causes less hassles
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Haha few years back I did buy a Marlin 1895 for one of my buddy. He hurry to our gun club with an empty gun case and came back home with his new Marlin. His wife never noticed... haha
 
My Friend's wife knows nothing about guns, but she knows how to count and one more in the pile she notices!
 
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NeonGreen said:
while we wait, anybody have a rifle shoppe or indian made baker they would like to share pics of?
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Someone recently sent me a Rifle Shop "kit" for assembly ... probably pics in a month or so (when I finish up another project)

Barrel is very nice & does not need much (if any) finishing if you were to blue or brown it. Lock appears to be a Chambers deluxe, all other cast parts are pretty much standard quality and amount of cleanup needed as from anywhere else.
The pre carved stock was done on a pantograph - not perfect, a little asymmetrical but will clean up just fine.

At $1300USD for the kit, it's a little on the pricey side. But the parts that are doing that are the Ram rod($60), barrel($275), stock($295) and lock($400!), all a little high on their own, but you are not going to get those particular parts anywhere else.

The lock ~looks~ like a Chambers, though I think they may be using Chambers parts on their own cast plate.

So you are looking at $1700ish with exchange plus shipping and duty, probably an easy $2k
 
sean69 said:
Someone recently sent me a Rifle Shop "kit" for assembly ... probably pics in a month or so (when I finish up another project)

Barrel is very nice & does not need much (if any) finishing if you were to blue or brown it. Lock appears to be a Chambers deluxe, all other cast parts are pretty much standard quality and amount of cleanup needed as from anywhere else.
The pre carved stock was done on a pantograph - not perfect, a little asymmetrical but will clean up just fine.

At $1300USD for the kit, it's a little on the pricey side. But the parts that are doing that are the Ram rod($60), barrel($275), stock($295) and lock($400!), all a little high on their own, but you are not going to get those particular parts anywhere else.

The lock ~looks~ like a Chambers, though I think they may be using Chambers parts on their own cast plate.

So you are looking at $1700ish with exchange plus shipping and duty, probably an easy $2k
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i think i know the kit you are talking about, i just missed out on it on the EE, my plan was to send it to you to be built lol im glad its in good hands. make sure to post lots of progress pics when you get around to building it.
 
NeonGreen said:
i think i know the kit you are talking about, i just missed out on it on the EE, my plan was to send it to you to be built lol im glad its in good hands. make sure to post lots of progress pics when you get around to building it.
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Yea, I was looking at that as well .... then the seller had also posted in the forum looking for me (am I that hard to find?!?!?) Pretty sure he pulled the EE ad right after we spoke (about assembly)

I have a military heritage (Indian made) Brown Bess here .... quality is so far below the quality we get here. just crappy inaccurate parts and poor assembly. :( not worth the $$$

As for what I've seen of Pedersoli, historical accuracy is usually sacrificed for efficiency of manufacture, locks are not great. Barrels and stock material are always good - but they end up a little klunky.... :(
 
sean69 said:
As for what I've seen of Pedersoli, historical accuracy is usually sacrificed for efficiency of manufacture, locks are not great. Barrels and stock material are always good - but they end up a little klunky.... :(
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that is what i find as well, its almost like they try to blend several model years and variants together to make a gun that is all things to all people.

good for trooping i guess.

that being said the fit and finish is pretty good. the mortimer i had was excellent, but in my opinion they got some of the angles and architecture wrong in the stock shape and barrel profile when compared to original mortimer and manton rifles.

hopefully they knock the baker out of the park,but if they don't im sure it will still be head and shoulders above the indian guns.
 
Hopefully they do it right this time. The Bess they make is way off scale. It is in no way similar to any of the originals I’ve studied or own. Locks too small, and the stocks under sized. It’s almost the same scale as an original British officers fusil of the late 18th century.
 
I showed that video on the muzzleloading forum and the reaction was poor for the most part.A lot of guys on there now are either custom guns or originals and look down there noses at Pedersoli made guns which is too bad.I think it’s more snob appeal these days though I bet most of them started out shooting historically correct TC Hawkins rifles.I myself welcome a Pedersoli Baker
 
chasseur said:
I showed that video on the muzzleloading forum and the reaction was poor for the most part.A lot of guys on there now are either custom guns or originals and look down there noses at Pedersoli made guns which is too bad.I think it’s more snob appeal these days though I bet most of them started out shooting historically correct TC Hawkins rifles.I myself welcome a Pedersoli Baker
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I do own custom built guns and I do have Pedersoli's as well and yes most of those guys will look down their nose at Pedersoli's... sad... But things are changing like since about ten years ago we can see in majors BPCR events shooter started to confess that Pedersoli Sharps are as good as any American Made Sharps rifles.
 
8ball said:
I do own custom built guns and I do have Pedersoli's as well and yes most of those guys will look down their nose at Pedersoli's... sad... But things are changing like since about ten years ago we can see in majors BPCR events shooter started to confess that Pedersoli Sharps are as good as any American Made Sharps rifles.
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I agree ,I have three Shiloh Sharps and 2 C Sharps rifles that I purchased years ago and love them but with the cost of exchange ,shipping etc I could not afford to buy them as things are today.If I were to purchase one today new it would have to be a Pedersoli as financially it makes more sense even though the Pedersolis are expensive now as well.
 
From British Militaria Forum and Pedersoli,


We are finalizing the last details to start reproducing the Baker rifle.
It will be available in the 2025.
When we are ready to introduce it, we will issue the newsletter.

Best regards,
Customer service
 
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