Very little mechanical similarity between the W. H. Baker, W. H. Baker and Co. (partner with L. C. Smith), and the L. C. Smith Maker of the Baker Gun, Syracuse which were all front trigger locking mechanism guns, the Hollenbeck designed 1892 Baker hammerless, and the 1886 Alexander Brown designed L.C. Smith hammerless
1904 "Baker Gun Quarterly" courtesy of David Noreen. The Baker uses a cocking rod & bolt
The Smith uses rotating cocking rods with arms extending from the "knuckle" of the action
and has a rotary locking bolt
George hasn't been around here in some time but certainly knows better