Back in the early 60s, in my early 20s, I bought a 12 ga., about a 1910 Baker Batavia Leader for $12 while working at a gas station from a guy who needed money for gas.

I was pretty ignorant about the gun and shotguns then and loaned it to a friend to go pheasant hunting. He got his birds with high brass loads.

One day I was wondering why this gun has funny looking barrels. Twist barrels with multiple pretty small dents in each barrel and very significant pitting and the old gun held together! The barrels were at one time cut and the chokes measure ic/ic.

Still have the gun and a set of Savage "Four Tenners".




Last edited by Patriot USA; 08/27/11 09:21 AM.
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