It's not a "New Era" gun unless marked so. New Era was a Trade Name, owned by someone else other than Baker. Other makes than Baker were also marked New Era. Baker just marked them that way to order. Same deal as New Haven. I seriously doubt Baker owned any trade names. The important thing to note is that it is a Baker variant. I've got a Grade A (and several Batavia Leaders) in the shop right now, it has the same spring loaded wedge coming from the lug as the gun in Researcher's pic.
Whoever owned New Haven at that time thought that guns marked with their name had more marketing appeal than guns merely marked Baker. They probably had to pay extra for it.
Regards
Ken
Last edited by Ken61; 01/21/17 10:47 AM.
