Pedersoli Baker finally here

[Dusty_Traveler]

I can't tell if the one on top is a real picture or if it's CAD/digital rendition.

What do we see?

 

[Rich N]

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I can't tell if the one on top is a real picture or if it's CAD/digital rendition.

What do we see?

To me it looks digital/computer generated. It just looks off.

 

[Beaverman2]

To me it looks digital/computer generated. It just looks off.

and if it is real, that stock needs to be put on a diet compared to the pic under it!

 

[Coinneach]

I'll buy one if they become available. I've always wondered why they did not do one. With all the interest in Sharpe's rifles and the Peninsula war in the 80's/90's, seems like a no brainer.

Theres Indian copies but theyre all smoothbores.

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

Theres Indian copies but theyre all smoothbores.

... to which Bobby Hoyt from PA rifled mine to a roundball twist 62-cal rifle for only $80 ...

 

[Coinneach]

... to which Bobby Hoyt from PA rifled mine to a roundball twist 62-cal rifle for only $80 ...

Never the less an Indian smooth bore initially posing as a "Rifle"?

 

[fireman1]

... to which Bobby Hoyt from PA rifled mine to a roundball twist 62-cal rifle for only $80 ...

He rifled the barrel or did an insert?

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

He rifled the barrel or did an insert?

On mine the barrels walls were thick enough, and the barrel straight enough, that he could rifle it from the smoothbore barrel. Sometimes he may need to use a liner to accomplish what the Cusrtomer wants. Liners add purchase expense of the liner and labor.

 

[Rich N]

A week or two ago a Baker rifle was barely on my radar. Now I ended up calling the Rifle Shoppe yesterday to order one of their kits.

 

[Loyalist Dave]

Theres Indian copies but theyre all smoothbores.

Never the less an Indian smooth bore initially posing as a "Rifle"?

No, they are quite clear that the piece is smooth bore. There is a huge market in Europe, and many of the European states have very different laws when the piece is a "shotgun" rather than a rifled piece.

LD

 

[Beaverman2]

No, they are quite clear that the piece is smooth bore. There is a huge market in Europe, and many of the European states have very different laws when the piece is a "shotgun" rather than a rifled piece.

LD

The Indian copies are barely a firearm!!!!!!!! the locks and triggers are atrocious!

 

[Flint62Smoothie]

The Indian copies are barely a firearm!!!!!!!! the locks and triggers are atrocious!

Not quite ... as that blanket statement surely doesn't apply to all. Indeed YES from most Sellers, but NOT from all of them.

On that flintlock Hand Mortar I have from Veteran Arms, the springs are not over-powered, even the frizzen spring tension is better than NIB locks from L&R, plus the lock action is positive, crisp and light.

Now yes I did super tune it - as I work on EVERY lock I personally own - and have both the means and capability, but it was perfectly suitable 'as is' right out of the box. And that is due to the Owner of VA who checks and/or tunes each lock/arm before he ships it out.

 

[Beaverman2]

Not quite ... as that blanket statement surely doesn't apply to all. Indeed YES from most Sellers, but NOT from all of them.

On that flintlock Hand Mortar I have from Veteran Arms, the springs are not over-powered, even the frizzen spring tension is better than NIB locks from L&R, plus the lock action is positive, crisp and light.

Now yes I did super tune it - as I work on EVERY lock I personally own - and have both the means and capability, but it was perfectly suitable 'as is' right out of the box. And that is due to the Owner of VA who checks and/or tunes each lock/arm before he ships it out.

I stand corrected, it's still not a quality lock, and how is that trigger geometry?

 

[Coinneach]

No, they are quite clear that the piece is smooth bore. There is a huge market in Europe, and many of the European states have very different laws when the piece is a "shotgun" rather than a rifled piece.

LD

Thank you sir point taken.

 

[Coinneach]

... to which Bobby Hoyt from PA rifled mine to a roundball twist 62-cal rifle for only $80 ...

Okay, but whats that in Vietnamese Dong ?

 

[dave_person]

Hi,
I suspect the price will be considerably more than $2000. The Baker is a complicated build, much more so than a Brown Bess. I cannot fathom why they would put a fake silver antiquing on the lock.

dave

 

[smoke and mirrors]

Hi,
I suspect the price will be considerably more than $2000. The Baker is a complicated build, much more so than a Brown Bess. I cannot fathom why they would put a fake silver antiquing on the lock.

dave

ok if we will assume that price of Pedersoli will be $2k how this will compare to Rifle Shoppe kit assembled and ready to be used, what's the price?

 

[Rich N]

Did Pedersoli actually have a physical example of their Baker rifle at SHOT Show, or just the image linked earlier? It’ll be interesting to see if they can actually bring this to market.

 

[smoothshooter]

I bet no body will ever be able to get one just like every other gun they make since COVID.

I have wanted one of their Lorenz rifled muskets for years.
Pretty much unobtanium.

 

[smoke and mirrors]

I have wanted one of their Lorenz rifled muskets for years.
Pretty much unobtanium.

you need to check for sale section on this forum more frequently. I had seen at least one new well below msrp in the past