Posted by Researcher on June 29, 2008, 9:38 am, in reply to "Re: Baker Paragon"
Even in the lowere A- and B-Grades Baker Gun & Forging Co. offered a variety of engraving styles.
There is some interesting text about the engraving on the B- and A-grades from the May 1900 issue of The Baker Gun Quarterly. "The cut of the Baker hammerless gun as shown here was made from one of the regular "B" grade guns picked from our stock on hand and is a fair sample of the engraving we put on these guns. We do not guarantee that every "B" grade gun will be engraved from just the same design but endeavor to have about the same amount of engraving on each. ... You may receive a "B" with a different design of border or a duck or a dog in place of the two quail, or a dog pointing game, we cannot tell as it is our aim to give a variety of designs." So, looks like when they went into inventory to get the gauge, barrel length and stock dimensions you wanted the engraving was a crap shoot.