I am a little familiar with this gun, I think, but could be wrong. I have serial no. 480 written down. I have about 20% of the Paragons made cataloged and the lowest Krupp fluid steel barrels appear on the low 700 range of the Paragons. Each of these guns has Krupp written on the barrels near the top of the breech. There is a record of Ser. # 415 with Whitworth fluid steel barrels. That is a Special Pigeon gun.
It seems that every company had it's own formula for color case hardening. The Baker guns often look "plated" after the color case hardening has faded. This is not a condition of being worn off, but rather just a condition of fading after 100 years or so.
Last edited by Daryl Hallquist; 08/27/13 05:22 PM.
