I have visited the LC site but am still a bit confused. When were the guns with the front trigger break action made?

Thnaks,
Mark

The patent for that invention #199,773 dated Jan. 29, 1878.
http://www.google.com/patents?id=gbA-AAA...p;q&f=false

The Brown patent for the LC Smith top lever guns is dated 1883 I believe, and the guns were produced under that patent from 1884, so that gives you a spread of years for the production of the Baker designed action.

William H. Baker was making his trigger break guns in Marathon and then Lisle, NY, in the 1875 and 76 time frame. Then formed a partnership with L.C. Smith, Leroy Smith and George Livermore as W.H. Baker & Co. and moved to Syracuse, NY, in 1877. A couple of years later the partnership disolved when W.H. Baker, Leroy Smith and George Livermore headed to Ithaca to make a new Baker-designed gun, leaving L.C. Smith as the Maker of the Baker gun in Syracuse.

I believe the company that they formed was the Ithaca Gun Company.

The front trigger break double was made by L C Smith until 1883 or so. The front trigger break drilling was made into the late 1880s.

Thank you Daryl, that is exactly what I was wondering about....lots of other good info too!

Best,
Mark