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H & D Folsom revived the Batavia Leader name but with steel barrels like the old Batavia Special.įrom your serial number your gun is an H&D Folsom produced Batavia Leader and should have steel barrels. Browse through our wide selection of Shotgun Parts Kits at Every Gun Part. In 1919 Baker sold out their gun business to H&D Folsom. discontinued all these "Batavia" models and replaced them with the Black Beauty and the Black Beauty Special. There was also a Batavia Ejector that listed at $35 with steel barrels and $37.50 with Damascus barrels. From a 1909 copy of The Baker Gunner - The Batavia Leader had twist barrels and listed at $25 - The Batavia Special had steel barrels and listed at $21.75 - The Batavia Damascus had Damascus barrels and listed at $28 - and, finally the Batavia Brush had 26-inch twist barrels and a straight-grip stock listing at $24 and offered swivels and a sling as an option for $3. days there were several variations of the lower priced "Batavia" line. In the very last Baker ads that I've found in old sporting magazines from April and May 1928, and October 1929, Folsom also offered a 410-bore Batavia Leader, though I've never seen one.ĭuring the Baker Gun & Forging Co. Folsom-made Baker guns normally have an F before or after the serial number. Folsom added the 20-gauge to the Baker line that they produced. a major marketer, manufacturer and importer of low priced guns. After WW-I with the rise of repeaters Baker sold their gun business to H&D Folsom Co. To reduce costs the Batavia line did not have the "firing pin block safety" or the "draw block" which passes transversely through the barrel lug and mates into recesses in the frame, of the graded Baker hammerless guns and the Model 1897 hammer gun. Some call these old guns JABC (Just Another Belgian Clunker).The Batavia guns were the low priced or "field grade" models of the Baker Gun & Forging Co. That is one that was made by a major maker for and was sold by a wholesaler or retailer who chose the name to go on the gun. By the way the name is known as a "Trade Brand Name" shotgun. A prime example that appears to have come out of the factory yesterday afternoon might bring as much as $175 while a rusty rotten incomplete piece of junk fit only for parts salvage or as a fire place place poker might bring $10. That address no longer exists, probably due to the building of Interstate 81 in the 1950s or 60s. The Syracuse Forging and Gun Company was located at 32 Basin Street. Value? The value of any old shotgun depends on its condition, the amount of original finish remaining on the metal and wood as well as the mechanical condition. They soon changed the name to Syracuse Gun and Forging Company and began making a shotgun designed by A.C. My recommendation is that you don't attempt to shoot the gun. It was not designed for more modern 3 inch or magnum shells loaded with high pressure smokeless powder or steel shot. It will have damascus barrels chambered for 2 1/2 inch shells loaded with black powder and lead shot. The gun was designed and made the technology and metallurgy of the time when it was made and for ammunition in use back then.
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If all is correct then the gun was made some time between 18 when World War One cut off exports from Belgium. If the marks are there and the gun is a outside hammer type then the gun was made by Theate Freres of Liege Belgium. Look at the bottom of the barrels under the forearm for Belgian proof marks consisting of the letters "ELG" in an oval with a crown on top.