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The first Baker Hammerless Boxlock, referred to as the “C” Grade; “T” Twist & “D” Damascus, was made by Baker Gun & Forging (possibly) on a Frank Hollenbeck design and the Henry Allender Aug. 12, 1884 patent
https://books.google.com/books?id=5lE4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA583&lpg

It was first produced for Montgomery Ward in 1895, with Ward's name on the rib. About two years later as the Batavia Hammerless.
1898 Sears catalog No. 107 lists the same gun as “The New Sears, Roebuck & Co. Hammerless Double Barrel Shotgun, Model 1898”.



Baker also produced tradename boxlocks under “New Era” for The Fair, Chicago, Ill., “New Haven Arms Co.” (a tradename used by Schoverling, Daly & Gales, E.K.Tryon, and Great Western Gun Works, Pittsburgh), “W.A. Abel & Co. Syracuse, NY”, “Edw. K. Tryon Co. Philadelphia, PA.”, “Imperial Arms Co. of Philadelphia” (for Tryon), “King Nitro” for Shapleigh Hdw., and “Clark’s Imperial Omaha, Neb.”

American Field, April 20, 1901 courtesy of Dave Noreen



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