![]() if I do my part, which is difficult without any sights. It will shoot a patched round ball into the center of a milk jug at thirty yards. The shotgun barrel has no bead on it as of yet. More than that produces more recoil than I like and is mostly wasted because of the short barrel.Ī half-ounce of #7 1/2 shot will pattern well at thirty yards with enough power to penetrate both sides of a steel can. I generally shoot about 30 grains of powder in all the barrels regardless of load. A longer than average short starter serves as the ramrod. Uses a shortened New Englander stock with an ebony nose cap. It is named for a character in some stories I wrote who uses a similar gun. Got a "Yellow Bird Gun" I made from a couple of T/C New Englanders and a T/C Grey Hawk. Any feedback from other Baker owners are welcomed. I'm also thinking about paper cartridges, scabbards, and civil war type pouches, etc. I'm ordering wads and other accessories for some more serious patterning and round ball testing and hopefully it will break in and loosen up a bit. The one word I would use to describe this gun is TIGHT. Then when putting the barrel back in the stock, I had to maintain tension on the barrel and stock while forcefully pounding the wedge back into place. The take down wedge was another bugger to get loose and I actually slightly marred the wood next to the wedge plate. I got it back home and started getting ready to clean it. It shot OK, this was more of a test fire and I wasn't doing any serious patterning. I don't have any 20 gauge wads yet, so I used cleaning patches as wads. I also had two misfires which I can't account for. The trigger was very stiff and the hammer sequence wasn't exactly consistent. It's still pretty tight and the finish on the rod is worn off where it was held in place. The ramrod was an absolute bear to remove, but I finally got it out and rubbed it with olive oil and then kinda worked till it started to loosen up. I was very pleased with the general appearance of the piece. Good show.įirst, The stock is nice, with very pleasing figure on the buttstock. Well, I ignored the angel on my shoulder and ordered the Baker Cavalry shotgun from Midway. ![]()
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