The Baker Rifle Ownership FAQ

Testing out some of the positions as found in period texts and artwork.

A short introduction to loading and shooting the Infantry Rifle of 1800, now commonly known as the Baker Rifle.

The accuracy experiments round out with practice at 300 yds.... How does this compare with the legend of Rifleman Plunket?

Details of step to take when your Baker (or any flintlock) stops firing.

A comparison of shooting with leather patching versus woven cloth.

Putting the rifle through some close range paces in a falling plate shoot.

Comparing results at 200yds with accuracy legends from the past.

I wasn't happy about how the last 200yd experiments were left so back I went to work on things... A quick follow-up clip to hopefully show what the Baker can really do at 200yds......

Some testing and results at 100m. Two kinds of patch, service charge of 96 grains FFg and .594 roundball.

The first of a two part series on Service ammunition used with the Baker Rifle.

The series concludes with an over all examination of shooting with all types of cartidge.

The second of the series, we examine a selection of hypothetically constructed paper cartridges including patched round ball

A complete field firing exercise including a rifleman's full kit.

Part One of the examination of the musketry program as practiced by the men of the 95th Rifles during the Napoleonic Wars

Part Two of the examination of the musketry program as practiced by the men of the 95th Rifles during the Napoleonic Wars

A comparison between the India Pattern Brown Bess and the Baker Rifle