Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. This is one of the best examples of a Baker Rifle that company director Christian Cranmer has seen in his 50 years in this business, both here an in England. It is a great English Classic immortalized by BERNARD CORNWELL in his wonderful series of SHARPE Novels. See BRITISH MILITARY FIREARMS by Howard Blackmore Page 125, 2nd from the left in the photo.
Our example is just great, it is all brass mounted, a wonderful near perfect walnut stock which comes up to the muzzle which terminates with a brass nose cap. The butt has the brass expected patch box and the intricate trigger guard has the brass rear extension to mimic a pistol grip. There are just two ramrod pipes, there never was a throat pipe and the button headed original ramrod is still present.
The wood stock bears a Cartouche on the left side of the stock right behind the brass side plate in an impressed circle. The just over 30" Barrel retains its original flip back sight and British Proof marks of CROWN / GR and the Viewing mark. There is also a CROWN / 7 on the barrel tang. There is evidence of pitting from powder burns surrounding the touch hole, but nothing out of the ordinary. The flintlock mechanism has the CROWN over G.R. with TOWER across the tail.
Condition is just great, and quite appealing, with the spiral forging lines in the barrel clearly visible. The bore still shows clear rifling, even after all this years.
As stated this is the most appealing and best condition true Baker Rifle we have ever seen!
Specifications:
Designed: 1798–1800
Produced: 1800–1838 (all variants)
No. built: 2,000
Caliber: .63" Rifled
Ammunition Type: Lead Ball & Powder
Barrel Length: 30 1/4 inches
Overall Length: 45 1/2 inches
Action: Side Action Flintlock
Feed System: Muzzle-Loaded
NOTE: International orders of antique firearms MUST be shipped using UPS WW Services (courier). USPS Priority Mail international will not accept these.
- This product is available for international shipping.
IMA considers all of our antique guns as non-firing, inoperable and/or inert. Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 921(a)(16) defines antique firearms as all guns made prior to 1899. This law exempts antique firearms from any form of gun control or special engineering because they are not legally considered firearms. No FFL, C&R or any license is required to possess, transport, sell or trade Antique guns. All rifles and muskets sold by IMA that were manufactured prior to 1899 are considered Antiques by the US BATF (United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms). Therefore, all of IMA's Antique guns may be shipped to all US States and most nations around the world.
These antique guns are not sold in "live" condition. They are sold as collector's items or as "wall hangers". Any attempt at restoring an antique gun to be operational is strongly discouraged and is done so at the risk of the customer. By purchasing an antique gun from IMA you thereby release IMA, its employees and corporate officers from any and all liability associated with use of our Antique guns.
Pre-1899 Manufacture, no licenses required, allowed to ship to almost any deliverable address across the globe. Please note that for international shipping, these MUST be shipped using UPS WW Services.
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