To keep the left hand out of the way the trigger-guard is flat faced (like some Adams / Tranter revolving rifles). When the breech lock button is struck the chamber flies back and (in theory!) the nipple enters the aperture and is capped.Īs a safety feature in case of a breech explosion there is a steel lined vent tube from chamber mouth at front of action through the fore-end, venting forwards. Tubular cap magazine to butt (access to cap magazine through trap in steel butt-plate), automatic raising of magazine 'aperture' for capping when the hammer is half-cocked. It has a spring-loaded hinged chamber operated by button latch in the LHS. 60bore capping Breech-Loading rifle, #12. Made by H Esau ACKRILL, Beverley, Yorkshire. I have a GILBEY'S Patent - British patent #620, 12 March 1853 Breech loaders go at least as far back as the matchlock period, Henry VIII had one, so it's a fairly pointless discussion.īreechloading muzzle-loaders ARE intriguing. Original British Napoleonic Ezekiel Baker Breech Loading Rifleĥ0 years before it's time - I'll leave that for another discussion (I'll just grab a beer & watch though). 65 caliber with a 31-1/2 in barrel & is 41-1/2 overall length according to IMA. The powder pan rotates with breech block.

It is a very interesting breech loading flintlock rifle (& yes they are allowed to be discussed here). It is a very neat rifle though and thanks for starting this Baker rifle thread.

That Baker rifle is listed on the IMA-USA website & has a video of the shooting range portion of the pawn stars program where 'they have to test the rifle to see if it works'. I stopped watching that show years ago when I read several posts of people being handed weapons when they walked into the shop & asked if they wanted to be on the program. A guy walks into the pawn shop & says it belonged to his grandpa, yeah right. That show is as phony as a $6 bill & has the same credibility as the American Pickers show, which is zero.

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