PLATE XL. 
I 
Baker rifle., flint lock, 1803. The first arm of the Rifle Brigade. 
Heavy steel ramrod, 20 bore; round bullet; pitch of spiral one turn 
in 10 feet. In the Royal United Service Museum. 
2 
Mr F. C. Selous’ *461 single sporting rifle by Gibbs, Farquharson 
action, Metford barrel, fitted with Lyman aperture back-sight. With 
this rifle, firing a solid bullet of 540 grs. with 1,300 £s. velocity, 
Mr F. C. Selous killed in Africa numbers of elephants and all kinds 
of large and dangerous game. The stock is plated with iron to protect 
it from damage, and the butt has been largely spliced. The grooving 
has an increasing twist, giving one turn in 1 6 inches. 
3 
•256 high velocity magazine rifle, Mannlicher action, fitted with 
detachable telescopic sight. Fires a pointed bullet, with a velocity of 
3,000 ft. per second. Pitch of spiral, one turn in 8 inches. 
