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The Baker rifle was the rifle used by the Rifle regiments of the British Army during the Napoleonic Wars.
Armed with a Baker rifle, Rifleman Thomas Plunkett of the 1st Battalion, 95th Rifles shot General Colbert at a range of between 200 and 600 metres during the Peninsula War. He then shot a second Frenchman who rode to the general's aid, so proving that it was not a lucky shot.
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