[music playing] Hey, how's it going? Hey, what's up, man? How you doing? What do we got here? It's a Baker rifle. It's a hand-me-down
from my grandpa. You mind if I
take a look at it? Yeah, absolutely. All right, Ezekiel
Baker, London, Gunmaker to His Majesty. Wow. And it's breech loading. So instead of having to,
like, pack it down like that like they used to, you could
actually put the ball in there. Oh, wow. OK. Buddy, I got to tell you. You got something here I've
never even seen before. That could be a good thing. [laughs] I'm here at the
pawn shop today to sell my Ezekiel Baker rifle. It was from a family member. So I've had it for
a couple of years. I don't know that much about it. I know that it could be rare
and hoping it's valuable. That's pretty cool. You know, Ezekiel
Baker was really well known in the gun industry. He made guns late
1700s, early 1800s. OK. He was really well known
for, like, a lot of innovations and, like, weird stuff
that he would do to guns that made them more modern. You know, this whole
little mechanism here, I have never really seen before,
especially with a flintlock and stuff like that. It's pretty interesting
to say the least. OK. What are you
looking to do with it? I want to sell it. OK. Any idea what you think
it might be worth? Because I have-- I truly have no idea. Yeah, I'm kind of
thinking, like, 12,500. Like I said, I have no idea. OK. Do you mind if I have
a buddy of mine come down and take a look at it?
- No. That'd be great. This is awesome. That's a good sign, right? Holy-- I hope so. Oh, yeah. This is crazy. Well, this is a one
of a kind piece. Oh, wow. And that's why I called you. So what can you
tell me about it? So it's breech loading. I've never seen
this little lever type device that Baker made. So my best guess is that this is
probably some type of prototype or was a custom ordered gun. That's pretty cool. I have a slight
concern about this lever. See, it's really pretty loose. So firing it would
be a good idea only because if this
lever doesn't really work, then you have a cool gun,
and it's a prototype, but it's not really practical. So what's it
worth if it fires? What's it worth if it doesn't? I think if it's
non-functional, I think it's in the
sort of 15,000 range. Oh, wow. I think if it functions and
this thing can actually shoot and perform as it should
and be reloadable, I would be very comfortable
saying it's $25,000. So we've got to go shoot it. Would you mind meeting
me out there tomorrow? That will be really fun. Yeah, let's do that. All right, come with me. I'll give you the directions. And Alex, I'll meet
out there tomorrow. All right. Cool. - Thanks, man.
- Thank you. Appreciate it. You're welcome. So we ready to
fire this thing or-- Yeah, we're ready to go. So the first thing we do is
we use this little lever. We insert the ball. We push the lever forward. Now, that ball rolls forward
and into a little chamber. And now, see, the ball is gone. So then I take the
black powder, dump that into the little chamber, push it
forward, and now, it is loaded. OK? Eyes and ears. Here comes a bang. [gunshot] Woo! [laughs] So at least it didn't
blow up, and it works. No, it didn't blow up at all. That was cool. The lever stayed down. That actually
worked pretty well. So what are we
thinking it's worth? I think, based on the fact
that it works as designed, you know, there's not
another example out there. It's a prototype. It's super rare, Corey. And it's a really
nice looking gun. I think you got 25,000 for it. Wow. Whoa. OK. Well, I appreciate it, man. Thanks a lot.
- All right. Thanks you very much. I appreciate it. Good luck. So you still
want 12,500 for it? Well, he said it's
worth 25,000 so-- Would you do 15,000? I know you got
to make some money. How about 22,000? How about 18,000? That's going to be
the most I can do. All right, I can
do it with you. - All right, cool.
- Appreciate it. You want to meet
me back at my shop? I'll get you a check and
get you paid, all right? Sounds good. Thank you. I was super happy I was
able to make a deal today. It wasn't the 25 grand
that he said it was worth. But 18,000, super happy. My wife is going
to be really happy. The guy's wearing a Rolex. I never thought he was
going to go that low.
Always some schmuck selling an heirloom
Damn, a sporterized breech-loading Baker rifle... never seen that before
Look at the Pedersoli Website. They sould have somthing like this. And if not I think they also make specialized replicas, but they cost a lot more than the models of the line.
So this guy has no idea if it'll even shoot so he throws a whole powder load in there and fires it without a stand?