RATE OF FIRE The rifle couldn't shoot as fast as a musket. As the small balls had to be wrapped in patches of greased leather. A good rifleman could shoot a Baker rifle 2-3 shots a minute and was expected to shoot that quickly. Using a power charge, the riflemen could shoot at long range. In the Napolean war, riflemen used paper patches and even bare rifle balls when shooting in a hurry in battle, with an increase in speed of loading, but with worse accuracy.
Accuracy was more important than rate of fire when fighting. The rifleman's main battlefield role was to cover and skirmish when his musket armed enemies in the line infantry fired in volley or mass-fire. This could make the rate of fire worse
The baker rifle was introduced from 1798-1800. It's weight is 9lb and its ball size is 0.6 in for a lead ball and the weight can be from 1-3lb.
A bayonet was a very cool part of the baker rifle. Used in many wars, a bayonet is a very sharp sword attached to the end of a gun used to stab close enemies. It was a good part of this rifle and was used in many wars.
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