@SimonRL might want to add one of these to his collection 
Maybe he was the stunt double for Sean Bean back-in-the-day?
The British began experimenting with rifle-armed troops in the early 1800s. They had faced riflemen in the American Revolution and employed Hessian mercenary riflemen in that conflict as well. These troops needed a standardized rifle to use, and Ezekiel Baker’s rifle was selected. These Baker Rifles have a .625” bore diameter (roughly the same as a 20-gauge shotgun slug).
Pedersoli’s model does not have an official MSRP as of writing, but it is rumored to be in the $2,000 ballpark.
Pedersoli’s version has the 1:120 barrel twist of the original (not a typo) and fires .625” projectiles. It has a 30-inch barrel and weighs in at nine pounds. It even has the bayonet mount as seen on the original.
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Maybe he was the stunt double for Sean Bean back-in-the-day?
The British began experimenting with rifle-armed troops in the early 1800s. They had faced riflemen in the American Revolution and employed Hessian mercenary riflemen in that conflict as well. These troops needed a standardized rifle to use, and Ezekiel Baker’s rifle was selected. These Baker Rifles have a .625” bore diameter (roughly the same as a 20-gauge shotgun slug).
Pedersoli’s model does not have an official MSRP as of writing, but it is rumored to be in the $2,000 ballpark.
Pedersoli’s version has the 1:120 barrel twist of the original (not a typo) and fires .625” projectiles. It has a 30-inch barrel and weighs in at nine pounds. It even has the bayonet mount as seen on the original.
Fudd Friday: Pedersoli Baker Rifle
If your childhood was anything like mine, you were subjected to the women of the family watching the 6-VHS-tape version of Pride & Prejudice repeatedly.And while the allure of that show always escaped me, it turns out there is an equivalent for me: Sharpe.Watching hours of Sean Bean wielding a...
An Official Journal Of The NRA | “Mine Beat Them All”: Great Britain’s “Baker” Infantry Rifle
Famous in both fact and legend, Great Britain’s Pattern 1800/1805 "Baker" Infantry Rifle has become one of the Napoleonic Wars’ most enduring firearm designs.
An Official Journal Of The NRA | This Old Gun: British Baker Rifle
-Even though rifles had been around for at least a couple hundred years, because of their expense and the skill needed in their employment, by the late 18th century the simpler smoothbore musket remained the principal infantry arm.
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