Well, here's "The Rest of The Story" on the Baker 10 gauge.
Old guy dug the gun out of the closet. Hadn't looked at it in years. Gun is indeed a 10 gauge, with damascus barrels with the little stars. I could tell when I took the fore-end off. The rest of the barrels were a uniform dark brown patina? All the screws on the gun were remarkably, uniformly, BUGGERED! Massive amounts of case-color exhibited,(like the big dealers say;)in microscopic protected areas......Engraving very well
worn.....Wood; horrible....Butplate used to crack impregnable walnuts for toothless squirrels.
Was indeed a hammer gun with an "L" stamped on the barrel lug.
The lug, by the way, was quite buggered....
Over the phone, the old guy claimed the gun was very nice, with a fitted case. Case was an old trashed band instrument case of some kind; with bare wooden dividers; home made.
I asked the guy what he had to have for the gun, and he says, "I'll take 1200 bucks for "her"..... I told him he was a thousand bucks too high..... He got kinda' surly, and didn't want to visit with me anymore.....???
Oh! Did I mention the pretty deep dent in the right barrel??
He wasn't very chatty as he showed me out........
I drove away rather crestfallen.
Can't wait 'till the next closet queen shows up.... Grant.
