Good morning, Mike. The Baker Pat'd guns were made by LC SMITH in Syracuse, NY c. 1780-1884. They were made in 10 and 12 gauge three barrel drillings with reported rifle calibers in 38 long, 44-40 and .44XL Ballard. The serial # range was 300 -1500? Doubles were made in 10 and 12 gauge with a serial # range of 1501-15,000? Your first gun sounds pretty normal. The second gun sounds like it was cobbled together. The barrel SN seems to indicate a drilling and the SN on the forend wood it would be from a hammer gun made in 1910. Occasionally you will find parts listed on eBay but check with Jerry Andrews or hampelguns.com. David Williamson has been cataloguing these hammer guns for many years now and I'm sure he would be interested in your information
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