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I would say correct. Same as in my 1907 Lang. I have never had any issue with my Lang single trigger. Works flawlessly

Thanks so muchI

Great to hear about your Lang. I read that they were another consistent customer for the Baker trigger.

In my digging around, I found that adding a single trigger to these guns could ad 15% - 20% to the price, so they seldom went on lower end guns.

I saw this thread and shared it with Steve Dalzell. He really likes the gun and asked me to share his thoughts:

"What a very nice gun! By a very good, if little known maker, too.
"I've done a little research and come up with the following, which you might like to add to the discussion.
"Date: From Ford's records, which do exist despite the confident claim in the tread that they do not! 1908
"Proof marks: Date to post 1904 with a re-proof after 1954 and before 1989
"Trigger: Baker patent 19,430 of 1901. This is a selective single trigger, though I'm not surprised that everyone has missed that as the selection is done by pushing the trigger forward. It reverts to right/left firing after a left/right sequence so you have to select left/right every time you want to use it. It seems quite a few of the best Birmingham makers used this pattern. I have a picture of a similar quality Charles Boswell so fitted.
"You're welcome!"

Learn something every day....

Of course, I set down my laptop and went down to check this immediately.

Mr. Dalzell is correct - it is indeed a selective single trigger, and works exactly as he describes. There's a slight reluctance for the 2nd barrel to fire with snap caps when the trigger is pushed forward - I'll have to look into that.

Is there a way for me to thank Mr. Dalzell directly?

I meant to reply to this as well: There is a London reproof mark from 1989 at the left rear of the left barrel - it's hard to see in the photo above as it was obscured by grease.

Here's a link to that patent: https://worldwide.espacenet.com/pub...=GB&NR=190119430A&KC=A&ND=4#

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This Ford has finished its trip though my friend Bill's "Gun Spa" and looks stunning.

I can almost see myself keeping it...

Gun Spa? That's a first for me. Very nice gun. Your friend's spa did a wonderful job.

I was looking for something to call it other than "over at Bill's house."



He does very nice work, and it's all donated for any guns that will be used for RGS.