King & Country · Napoleonic · NA071
NA071 holds the weapon level at the shoulder, giving the KGL group a clear direction of fire. The restrained pose is useful for examining the practical difference between a rifleman and the familiar image of a densely packed musket line.
The weapon changes the question
The Royal Armouries’ Waterloo study contrasts the Baker rifle’s rifled barrel with the smoothbore weapons carried by most infantry. The point is not that a rifle made every shot certain. It offered different possibilities for aimed fire while still demanding loading, maintenance and judgement from the man holding it.
A small sequence of actions
Pair NA071 with NA076, the figure using a ramrod, and the collection begins to show the time between shots. They should share a general direction but need not stand at identical spacing like a parade. An officer such as NA069 can sit slightly behind. The catalog identification supplies the Legion connection; the arrangement then explains the practical role without inventing a named marksman.
The straight line is a condition check
Ask for a photograph looking along the firearm as well as a side view. A bent barrel may be difficult to notice against dark clothing. Check the stock, hands, projecting blade or fittings and the base underneath. If a seller has grouped several green figures together, compare each pose individually: loading, firing and command releases can be confused in broad “riflemen” listings. NA071 earns its place through a readable action, especially when the surrounding figures show the work required before another shot can follow.
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