Of Batavia, New York was founded in early 1890 and was the first American arms company to make a single barrel trap shotgun and a single barrel trap shotgun with a ventilated rib. It seems each series of Baker hammerless doubles had their own serial number blocks - The Paragons and higher one block, A & B grades another block, R & S grades in. According to the article on Baker Guns in the Guns Illustrated 1997 by Hallquist & Hardin, the Paragon was added to the line in 1894, and serial numbers were from 1 to 1200. Serial number 749730 would have been a post-WW-II gun. The old 'between the wars' factory ledger ends for 12-gauge Model 11 and 'Sportsman' on September 1, 1944, at serial number 716840. The combined 12-gauge Model 11 and 'Sportsman' serial numbers reached 499999 in August 1943 and they then jumped to 700000 and continued. The special sequences for the Solid Rib were abandoned by 1949 when they were included in the General pump listing. Skeet Model numbers were 80000 - 89999, and the Trap Model numbers were 88000 to 89000. The initial sequence of numbers for the Solid Rib was 70000 to 79999.
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