If you would like, I can take the locks off and post the pics. It's not the nicest Baker I've had, but I would still like to know more. There are no marks, patent dates, marks on the hook, or anything on the rib. I wonder if the safety interceptors are present? When it comes to Bakers, even the most advanced collectors can have their head on backwards. Take a look at the Baker stuff that's about to be auctioned. Even the most obvious can be overlooked, like the Baker Fibegar 22s for example. One is a semi-auto and one says it's a prototype for the pump with a rising block that has not been seen before. Then right below is another pump (with block)that is listed as a semi-auto. The prototype is serial 6300...I guess that means that I have prototypes 4010 & 3674...Both are slide action, both have the rising bolt block...Even the factory letter (lot 1356) from Savage it states that the slide action infringes on [Savage Arms] patents for their pump 22...... or that lot number 1325 was restocked and recheckered by a beginner who cut his lines at near 90 degrees. Now, I'm not trying to "poo poo" the other guys stuff, I'm just pointing out the even the most advanced Baker collectors seem to have their heads on backwards. Some Baker authorities rush to label anything they don't recognize as a "prototype", instead of just saying that they haven't seen this variation before. The Baker forend below is not original either, it's a custom brush gun by Sam Koch, while apprenticing at the shop of Emil Flues, which incidently is about to collapse into Commadore Perry Harbor.
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