I think that this is because it is a pre Folsom gun. BG&F introduced the name "Batavia" several years before Folsom bought them. This is what I ran into about Baker's when I researched them around 20 years ago. Back then, they were dismissed as "Crescents", probably because of the Folsom association. If not, the information available was based on the later Folsom guns, with little or no distinction made between them and the earlier Hollenbeck/Draw Bolt actions. I'd figure that it was because of marketing/product recognition that Folsom continued to use the word "Batavia" in their model names, even though they had moved production to Norwich. This continues today, in pubs like "The Standard Catalog of Firearms".
If anyone has any additional corrections or additions, please post them.
Last edited by Ken61; 04/02/14 09:59 AM.
