baker rifle

[ayetter2003]

anyone out there ever buy one of those india made baker rifles and than spent the extra money to have a rifled barrel installed

 

[mike alexandre]

Yep a mate of mine did, hes still fannying around trying to make the new bits fit. Waste of good shooting time

 

[Wes/Tex]

First, I love the term "fannying around"...wonderful!

Secondly, I have to agree. Refitting a barrel would be quite a project. You might try contacting someone like The Gun Works who do some barrel rifling and see if a .62 would be possible. Then, you'd not have to get involved with barrel refitting. Good luck.

 

[David Teague]

Ah... :redface:

Fanny is a very, very bad word in the UK...

I almost got puched in the face for calling my waist pouch a "fanny pack" when I was in the UK 6 years ago... it took me 3 days to find out what I said to upset the gent. :shake:

I'll give you a clue, it has nothing to do with the human bottom... and while it's part of the human anatomy, it's not anything a male would have.... :redface:

TTFN,

DT

 

[mike alexandre]

Its not as derogotory as you make out. Its an engineering term for taking ages to do something. Most engineering terminolgy is in basic language where ever you go in the world. I will agree that the term per see' means something different on each side of the Atlantic.
To continue - my mates problem grew when the rifled barrel arrived without fixing lugs and the breech plug from the smooth bore barrel didnt fit it etc. Its all still in the box.

 

[mmahlock]

Contact Puffer, He got one and found a good man to replace the barrel. The man did a great job of it. After tuneing the lock it seems to be almost as good as my Custom made Baker. The Teak Stock needs some refinishing to make it look more like English Walnut but that's a minor point. :thumbsup:

 

[robertdeans72]

I did just that very thing....... Took a long time though. I shoot it at least twice a month from 50 to 200 metres.....I mostly shoot military weapons and I love the history that comes along with it..

Thanks, Rob

 

[ayetter2003]

who made your baker and how much

 

[Puffer]

aaronyetter, please contact m at [email protected]
There are several of us that have Bakers :hatsoff: including Sir Michael, my self etc.

PUFFER

 

[mmahlock]

Jess Melot at The Riflr Shoppe. :grin:

He took 8 mo. to build it and today I hear it taks a year or so.

 

[ayetter2003]

so its a 2,000.00 rifle rather steep and i am not one who won't spend top dollar but then agin Tracks prices are outragous for most of the custom guns they sell having handled about a dozen of them and sent them back

 

[mmahlock]

Mine is not from the Track of the Wolf but from "The Rifle Shoppe" When I wrote my last post I was talking on the phone with Puffer and not very clear. Jess, from what I know provides most if not all the parts for Custom made Bakers in this country including those from the "Track of the Wolf". As for the price that's about it. I got mine almost ten years ago. As I said it took Jess about 8 months to build it and get it to me. Today as I said he is taking about a year or more. He is notorious for being sllloooowwwww.

I understand you've alread contacted Puffer. He is my closest source for buying and turning an Indian Made Baker into a real shooter.

 

[robertdeans72]

Just a quick pic of mine..

Rob

 

[hawk]

Nice looking rifle Rob . did you build it?

 

[mmahlock]

Rob here is a picture of mine.

Michael

 

[robertdeans72]

No, I didn't build it. Its an Indian Baker. Did some work on the stock and I browned the lock and the barrel. Its developing a nice patina. It was rebarrelled though a fella that Military Heritage referred me to in West Virginia? When it came back it looked a little rough, but some fine emery cloth and a few coats of browning fixed that. Sir Micheal, did you go with the round faced lock or the flat, ring neck lock? You've got what appears to be a looker there.
Rob

 

[Puffer]

No, I didn't build it. Its an Indian Baker. Did some work on the stock and I browned the lock and the barrel. Its developing a nice patina. It was rebarrelled though a fella that Military Heritage referred me to in West Virginia? When it came back it looked a little rough, but some fine emery cloth and a few coats of browning fixed that. Sir Micheal, did you go with the round faced lock or the flat, ring neck lock? You've got what appears to be a looker there.
Rob

ROB, Email me I am in the midst of reworking my "Indian" Baker. I would like to compare notes

[email protected]

Thanks Puffer

 

[mmahlock]

I went with the Round Faced Lock. BTW my barrel is white. That's only because the man who built it sent it to me that way and it took me 8 years to find a book that said it really should be brown. After using it for this much time I'm having a very hard time working up to having it browned if I ever do. After reading Bailey's book, the Round Faced Lock looks for all in the world to me to be the 1823 Pattern Lock.

My story for now is that the rifle was given to me by the Col. after Toulouse since I'd carried since the beginning of the Campaign 7 years earlier. After Washington, New Orleans, and Waterloo it was well worn. I took it to Baker in London in 1821 prior to leaving for Nova Scotia and the start of my trip to the PNW and had him rebuild it. He had some of the new round faced locks that the Board of Ordnance was considering for adoption that he offered to install, which I accepted. After buiding a new barrel and fitting it we test fired it and sighted it in while it was white and It looked so nice I asked him to leave it that way.

And that's my story and I'm sticking to it. Until I find a better one. So there. :thumbsup:

BTW if I do have it browned, I don't know whether to have it browned like Puffer's which is smooth or have it done in a matte finish like my trade gun. Any ideas?

 

[robertdeans72]

I browned my own with the oven and a bottle of Plumb Brown. The barrel fit in diagonally (heat to 350) and you just wipe the solution on with a rag until the metal doesn't sizzle any more. Reheat and repeat... Came out nice and uniform. Did the lock and ramrod too. The ramrod is wearing where you grip it and so is the part just above the jaws. Looks nice though...

Rob

 

[mmahlock]

Does it have a shinny or a mat finish?