I have been reading "In the Heart of Africa" by Baker and have questions on the rifles he took with him. The book is a reprint of the original so I am not sure if anything was left out on the reprint. I know a little about the H&H cannon he carried shooting a 1/2 pound projectial using 12 drams of powder. He also mentioned four other guns he took with him three doubles, a #10 Tatham, #10 Reilly, #10 Ceylon and a Fletcher. The trek was started in 1861 approx so I assume the guns were muzzle loaders. Would the #10 de-note 10 bore? and would they be rifled or smoothbore?. Does anyone have information on other books that might cover these guns?
I have a great interest in reading about the early attempts to explore Africa and the men that were involved. He mentions using them but not much other details.
