Baker flint lock pistol

adrian · 15th February 2021, 09:53 PM

I know it’s made by Ezekiel Baker and the guy I bought it off of showed me the tower mark

Ezekiel Baker died in 1836 and if this pistol is from after that, as it seems, then it will be his family who continued the business. Militarily the back action lock was applied to British longarms from 1837 for several years before they abandoned that design. The ordnance did not apply it to pistols. Commercial guns however tended to be ahead of the military & that does make dating this pistol more uncertain. Personally I would tend to see it as 1840s but I am more comfortable with British military guns of this period than those of a purely commercial nature.

15th February 2021, 09:53 PM	#5
adrian Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Posts: 130	I know it’s made by Ezekiel Baker and the guy I bought it off of showed me the tower mark Ezekiel Baker died in 1836 and if this pistol is from after that, as it seems, then it will be his family who continued the business. Militarily the back action lock was applied to British longarms from 1837 for several years before they abandoned that design. The ordnance did not apply it to pistols. Commercial guns however tended to be ahead of the military & that does make dating this pistol more uncertain. Personally I would tend to see it as 1840s but I am more comfortable with British military guns of this period than those of a purely commercial nature.