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imparting a spin to a projectile, so a rifled barrel has a non-circular cross-section. Typically, the rifled barrel contains one or more grooves that...

that were rifled so that they could fire a new type of bullet that greatly enhanced both its accuracy and range. These "rifled muskets" or "rifle muskets"...

effective range. The class of firearm was originally termed the rifled gun, with the verb to rifle referring to the early modern machining process of creating...

A muzzle-loading rifle is a muzzle-loaded small arm that has a rifled barrel rather than a smoothbore, and is loaded from the muzzle of the barrel rather...

A rifled breech loader (RBL) is an artillery piece which, unlike the smoothbore cannon and rifled muzzle loader which preceded it, has rifling in the...

modern firearms (with the notable exception of smoothbore shotguns) have rifled barrels to impart a stabilizing spin to the bullet for improved external...

of contract Model 1861 rifled muskets was Colt, who made several minor design changes in their version, the "Colt Special" rifled musket. These changes...

The M14 rifle is an American battle rifle chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. It was accepted as the service rifle of the United States Armed Forces...

reliable breech-loading weapons. In naval service, the rifled muzzle loader and the concurrent rifled breech loader (RBL) generated a huge arms race in the...

more accurate rifled musket to replace the Pattern 1853 Enfield. During the American Civil War, Whitworth's polygonally rifled Whitworth rifle was successfully...

the rifled barrels were the same caliber, then the three barrels were generally arranged in a triangle, both rifled barrels on top or one rifled and the...

fired through a cylinder bore, improved cylinder choke, rifled choke tubes, or fully rifled bores. Slugs differ from round ball lead projectiles in that...

few rifled pieces available. A number of these guns were rifled to fire the 3.67 in (93 mm) caliber James projectile. These are classified as "rifled 6-pounder...

 'Kalashnikov's automatic'; also known as the Kalashnikov or just AK), is an assault rifle chambered for the 7.62×39mm cartridge. Developed in the Soviet Union by...

GAU-5A/As were later equipped with even longer 14.5-inch (370 mm) 1/12 rifled barrels as the two shorter versions were worn out. The 14.5-inch (370 mm)...

The M1 Garand or M1 rifle is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army and United States Marine Corps during World War II and...

Early rifled artillery pieces were patented by Joseph Whitworth and William Armstrong in the United Kingdom in 1855. In the United States, rifled small...

Carle rifle was designed to reuse and recycle old muzzle-loading rifled muskets in the arsenal and convert them into breechloaders. This rifle, among...

and Southern soldiers was the rifled musket. Born from the development of the percussion cap and the Minié ball, rifled muskets had much greater range...

M71/84 rifle used self-contained metallic cartridges and used a rotating bolt to open and close the breech. Breechblock Interrupted screw Rifled musket...

The Minié rifle was a rifled musket used by the infantry of a number of countries in the mid-19th century. A version was adopted in Britain for a short...

Smoothbore muskets do not. The term "Rifled musket" originally referred to smoothbore muskets that later had their barrels rifled for Intended use of the Minié...

1853 rifle-musket (also known as the Pattern 1853 Enfield, P53 Enfield, and Enfield rifle-musket) was a .577 calibre Minié-type muzzle-loading rifled musket...

range of the rifled musket rendered the Napoleonic tactics with which Civil War commanders continued to fight obsolete and bloody. Rifled muskets not only...

caliber percussion lock rifled musket. Springfield Model 1863 – .58 caliber percussion lock rifled musket. Single-shot breechloading rifle: Springfield Model...

15 in (381 mm) rifled gun for the US Navy and proposed a 20 in (510 mm) gun. In 1881 he unsuccessfully proposed various "combined rifle and smoothbore"...

Internally rifled boiler tubes are used to evaporate water into steam inside boilers of thermal power plants. Because of their internally rifled shape, they...

The Parrott rifle was a type of muzzle-loading rifled artillery weapon used extensively in the American Civil War. The gun was invented by Captain Robert...

Dragunova, lit. 'Dragunov sniper rifle'), GRAU index 6V1, is a semi-automatic designated marksman rifle/sniper rifle chambered in the 7.62×54mmR cartridge...

the Type 63A amphibious tank. Also known as Type 98 rifled gun. ZPL-98A Modified Type 98 rifled gun, mounted on ZTD-05 and ZTL-11. ZPL-151 Modified ZPL-94...

addition of a rifled barrel was still a shotgun, and thus not a destructive device. Now many manufacturers offer shotguns for sale with rifled barrels already...

that it would likely be rifled later. As the designers anticipated, many of the Model 1842 muskets had their barrels rifled later so that they could...

two-groove rifled barrels were adopted, and steel alloy specifications were relaxed under "war emergency steel" criteria for both rifle actions and barrels...

hull. However, the Type 80 used a licence-built L7 rifled gun instead of the Soviet 100 mm rifled gun. The Type 80 family marked a number of firsts for...

The Lee–Enfield is a bolt-action, magazine-fed repeating rifle that served as the main firearm of the military forces of the British Empire and Commonwealth...

quoted as one of the "smoothest and most reliable straight-pull rifle[s] available". The rifle has been marketed outside Finland since 2007, and in 2014 67%...

The Lorenz rifle was an Austrian rifled musket introduced in the 1850s and used by the Austrian Army during the mid-19th century. Designed by Joseph Lorenz...

d'Armes de Saint-Étienne, lit. 'Assault rifle from the Saint-Étienne Weapon Factory') is a bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured in France by...

Rifle was a specialized over-and-under flintlock gun with one smooth gun barrel and one rifled barrel. This allowed it to be used as either a rifle or...

The M7 rifle, previously designated as XM7 and originally as XM5, is the U.S. Army's adopted variant of the SIG MCX-SPEAR chambered in 6.8×51mm Common...

The Type 99 rifle or Type 99 short rifle (九九式短小銃, Kyūkyū-shiki tan-shōjū) was a bolt-action rifle of the Arisaka design used by the Imperial Japanese...

back to the standard percussion lock in later rifled muskets like the Model 1861. Most Model 1855 rifled muskets were used throughout the Civil War with...

A recoilless rifle (rifled), recoilless launcher (smoothbore), recoilless rocket launcher, or simply recoilless gun, sometimes abbreviated to "rr" or...

56 mm, M4) is an assault rifle developed in the United States during the 1980s. It is a shortened version of the M16A2 assault rifle. The M4 is extensively...

Claude-Étienne Minié for muzzle-loaded, rifled muskets. Invented in 1849 shortly followed by the Minié rifle, the Minié ball came to prominence during...

magazine–fed military rifle. Known officially as the 3-line rifle M1891, in Russia and the former Soviet Union as Mosin's rifle (Russian: винтовка Мосина...

helical grooves called riflings machined into the bore wall. When shooting, a rifled bore imparts spin to the projectile about its longitudinal axis, which gyroscopically...

the non-rifled sides of the barrel of smooth bore guns. Rifled/fin-stabilized: A combination of the above can be used, where the barrel is rifled, but the...

lightweight semi-automatic rifle manufactured by Sturm, Ruger & Co. Introduced in 1973, the design was outwardly similar to the M14 rifle and is, in appearance...

caliber Armstrong gun, an early type of rifled breechloader. William Armstrong's innovative combination of a rifled built-up gun with breechloading had proven...

muzzle-loading rifled muskets in use at the time. Among the early users was George Armstrong Custer. The Spencer is a lever-action repeating rifle designed...

The Howa Type 20 Assault Rifle (20式小銃, ni-maru-shiki-shōjū), referred to as the Type 20 5.56mm Rifle (20式5.56mm小銃, ni-maru-shiki-go-ten-go-roku-miri-shōjū)...

smoothbore or a rifled barrel. Rifled mortars are more accurate but slower to load. Since mortars are generally muzzle-loaded, mortar bombs for rifled barrels...

of rifled cannon and projectiles … indicates a superiority of James expanding projectiles for such cannon. The regulation 6-pounder, with a rifled bore...

muskets would prove themselves disadvantageous against the rifled muskets of the allied forces. Rifled muskets had a greater firing range and they were loaded...

rifle is any of a series of lever action repeating rifles manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company. Developed from the 1860 Henry rifle,...

The Rifle is a 1995 novel by American writer Gary Paulsen, published in September 1995 by Harcourt. The novel is a work of historical fiction, written...

authorities saw no point in obtaining rifled field howitzers to replace their smoothbore counterparts but instead used rifled field guns to replace both guns...

mm rifled gun: British rifled equivalent, developed by Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (RARDE) in 1957. EXP-28M1 120 mm rifled gun:...

some 400 to 600 yards with repeatable accuracy for rifled barrels. At the longest of ranges a rifled barrel could accomplish 2000 to 2500 yards. While...

Blakely rifle or Blakely gun is a series of rifled muzzle-loading cannon designed by British army officer Captain Theophilus Alexander Blakely in the 1850s...

An assault rifle is a select fire rifle that uses an intermediate-rifle cartridge and a detachable magazine. Assault rifles were first put into mass production...

Lorenz Infantry Rifle M1854 (Austrian Empire – rifled musket – .54 Ball) Lorenz Infantry Rifle M1854 Long (Austrian Empire – rifled musket – .54 Ball)...

The Whitworth rifle was an English-made percussion cap rifled musket used in the latter half of the 19th century. A single-shot muzzleloader with excellent...

armament of the ZBD-04 is a two-plane stabilized, semi-automatic 100 mm rifled gun, capable of firing both HE-FRAG rounds and the 3UBK10 ATGM. The effective...

The Rifleman's Creed (also known as My Rifle and The Creed of the United States Marine) is a part of basic United States Marine Corps doctrine. Major...

Some 24-pounder boat howitzers were apparently rifled, but some contemporary accounts confuse rifled 24-pounder boat howitzers and the 20-pounder rifles...

at the target. Muzzle-loading artillery came in smoothbore and rifled form, the rifled guns increasingly taking over from the smoothbores as time past...

cannot "take" to rifled barrels, which is why they are undersized (4.4 mm ball against 4.5 mm bore) to allow them to be used in .177" rifled barrels, which...

gun, limited the effective range of the rifled guns. The bombardment of Fort Pulaski demonstrated that rifled guns were extremely effective against masonry...

(Chinese: 56式自動步槍, lit. 'Type 56 automatic rifle') is a Chinese 7.62×39mm assault rifle and Kalashnikov rifle variant. In 1955, the Soviet Union provided...

other is a rifled barrel. This allows for hunting a wider variety of game with the same weapon. A long gun combining at least one rifled barrel and (usually)...

USA-made in 1864 The smoothbore "canon obusier" was soon superseded by rifled cannons, which had much more accuracy and range, with the developments of...

Hiram Berdan. The Sharps rifle made a superior sniper weapon of greater accuracy than the more commonly issued muzzle-loading rifled muskets. This was attributed...

van 16 cm No. 3 was a rifled muzzle loading gun. It was a Dutch attempt to cheaply provide rifled ordnance to its navy. A rifled gun is a gun that has...

into the breech end of the barrel. The term "muzzleloader" applies to both rifled and smoothbore type muzzleloaders, and may also refer to the marksman who...

The L85 Rifle variant has been the standard issue service rifle of the British Armed Forces since 1987, replacing the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle. The prototypes...

The Brooke rifle was a type of rifled, muzzle-loading naval and coast defense gun designed by John Mercer Brooke, an officer in the Confederate States...

length of the barrel versus the rifled bore of the barrel. In other words, a 12/45 is 12"×45= the length of the rifled bore of that gun in inches. This...

significantly decrease the rifled gun's barrel life. British Challenger 1 and Challenger 2 tanks, and India's Arjun tank (which has the same rifled 120 mm (4.7 in)...

A sniper rifle is a high-precision, long-range rifle. Requirements include high accuracy, reliability, mobility, concealment, and optics, for anti-personnel...

ammunition, 30 of which in the loading mechanism. It was also testing a 130 mm rifled gun, an improved variant of the M-65 gun used on tanks like the Object 279...

rifle made it an ideal tool for hunting wildlife for food. From a flat bar of soft iron, hand forged into a gun barrel; laboriously bored and rifled with...

The Fayetteville Rifle was a 2 banded rifle produced at the Fayetteville Arsenal in North Carolina. The machinery which produced these weapons was primarily...

The 10-pounder Parrott rifle, Model 1861 was a muzzle-loading rifled cannon made of wrought iron-reinforced cast iron. One of a line of Parrott rifles...

firing 42-pound rifled projectiles was conducted in 1859 at Fort Monroe. The Secretary of War announced that the practicability of rifled cannon and projectiles...

The 3-inch ordnance rifle, model 1861 was a muzzleloading and rifled cannon that was adopted by the United States Army in 1861 and widely used in field...

rotating bolt locking system rifle. It features a hard chromium-plated, cold forged standard rifled or an optional polygonal rifled barrel, integrated 22mm...

military as the M107) is a recoil-operated, semi-automatic anti-materiel rifle developed by Barrett Firearms Manufacturing and produced in the United States...

guns, such as the Canon obusier de 12, were rifled to accommodate the system. The system included newly-rifled siege guns of 12 cm (4.7 in), 16 cm (6.3 in)...

An Armstrong gun was a type of rifled breech-loading field and heavy artillery piece designed by Sir William Armstrong. It was first manufactured in England...

expanding skirt which was intended to be used with rifled barrels, leading to what was called the rifled musket, which came into widespread use in the mid-19th...

sight. A point of interest in the design of this mortar is the rifled barrel. A rifled barrel requires the round to be a very tight fit to the bore in...

produced by the modification of existing Model 1863 rifled muskets. These modifications cost about $5 per rifle, which was a significant savings at a time when...

The Richmond rifle was a rifled musket produced by the Richmond Armory in Richmond, Virginia, for use by the Confederate States Army during the American...

retained, leading to a new design of artillery piece – rifled muzzle loaders. The introduction of rifled muzzle loaders (also classed as RMLs) rendered smoothbore...

machine gun, it is called a service firearm or service weapon. Firearms with rifled barrels existed long before the 19th century, but were not widely used until...

The Type 95 automatic rifle (Chinese: 95式自动步枪; pinyin: 95 Shì Zìdòng Bùqiāng) or QBZ-95 is a bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured by Norinco...

"Kalashnikov rifle" is a term referring to a family of assault rifles based on Mikhail Kalashnikov's original design. It is officially known in Russian...

fire multiple pellets simultaneously through a smoothbore, while rifle barrels are rifled to spin-stabilize individual bullets. The actions of semi-automatic...

Department: A — 34 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.) B — 35 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and...

marksman rifle") is a semi-automatic sniper rifle/designated marksman rifle designed and produced by the German company Heckler & Koch. This rifle is said...

81式自动步枪; literally; "Type 81 Automatic Rifle") is a Chinese-designed selective-fire, gas-operated 7.62×39mm assault rifle. It replaced the semi-automatic Type...

The Henry repeating rifle is a lever-action tubular magazine rifle. It is famous for having been used at the Battle of the Little Bighorn and having been...

Fabrication d'Armements de Bourges (EFAB) in 1979. L11A5 120 mm rifled gun: British rifled gun, developed by Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment...

Springfield Model 1863 rifled muskets were converted by Springfield Armory for use by U.S. troops, the barrels being relined and rifled to .50 caliber and...

percussion gun. Any long gun with a cap-lock mechanism and rifled barrel is a percussion rifle. Cap and ball describes cap-lock firearms discharging a single...

break-action pellet rifle. The main intended use is target shooting and very small game and varmint hunting. The weapon has a rifled barrel and polymer...

Weapons of comparable role, performance and era L11A5 120 mm rifled gun: British rifled equivalent, developed by Royal Armament Research and Development...

precision rifle operators, who regard barrels as replaceable. The barrels are provided by Australian company Maddco Rifle Barrels (button rifled), and Scottish...

Richardson. Two principal variants were produced: one with a rifled barrel and one smooth-bore. The rifled-barrel variant was produced from 1930 to 1934 and it...

The M2 4.2-inch mortar was a U.S. rifled 4.2-inch (107 mm) mortar used during the Second World War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. It entered service...

The M25 Sniper Weapon System is a joint venture precision rifle built for the U.S. Army Special Forces and later adopted by the U.S. Navy SEALs. It was...

The FAL (French: Fusil Automatique Léger 'Light Automatic Rifle') is a battle rifle designed in Belgium by Dieudonné Saive and manufactured by FN Herstal...

due to the increased felt recoil of rifled weapons, he recommended the 8 bore as the largest calibre for a rifle, and that firearms above 8 bore be smoothbores...

M16A3. The C7 and its variants have been adopted as the standard-issue rifle by the militaries of Canada, Norway (special forces only), Denmark and the...

Pistols with rifled barrels spin-stabilize the shot when it is fired, resulting in much improved accuracy. As a result, duelling pistols with rifled barrels...

mounts/HK clamp adapters used to mount day or night aiming optics. The rifled barrel – four right-hand grooves with a 305 mm (12.0 in) twist rate to adequately...

'Special Sniper Rifle–Thread Cutter'), GRAU designation: 6P29, is a Soviet-designed specialised sniper rifle/designated marksman rifle chambered in the...

developed for K2 Black Panther main battle tank. L11A5 120 mm rifled gun: British rifled equivalent, developed by Royal Armament Research and Development...

and 4-shot turn-over rifles. In 1823 he exhibited a volley rifle that fired seven rifled barrels simultaneously as well as a turning carbine. In 1827...

in an isolated compartment in the turret. The main armament was a 125 mm rifled missile launcher, with a maximum range of 4 km for the "Rubin" anti-tank...

designers of the Model 1840 anticipated that the musket would eventually be rifled, and made the barrel thicker than the earlier Model 1835 accordingly. The...

gunsmith Norman. The rifle was named Terry-Norman due to their shared contribution. The rifle was designed to recycle muzzleloading rifled muskets and convert...

then still separate armies of the Swiss Cantons. The weapon's barrel was rifled in 1859 (T.59) and then modernized again in 1867 (T.67) with a Milbank-Amsler...

Affairs. It is officially designated as a carbine in Russia because it uses a rifled barrel. The KS-23 is renowned for its large caliber, firing a 23 mm shotgun...

areas where the range of rifle bullets may pose a hazard. Use of a smoothbore shotgun with a rifled slug or, alternatively, a rifled barrel shotgun with a...

designed by Joseph Whitworth during the 1860s. It was a rifled muzzle loader and used his hexagonal, rifled-bore design. The gun used polygonal rifling, a principle...

assault rifle chambered for the 5.8×42mm intermediate cartridge, designed and manufactured by Chongqing Jianshe as a new-generation service rifle for the...

Model) also called 75 Mle 50 or CN 75-50 is a French 75 mm high-velocity rifled gun. Although originally designed for the AMX-13 light tank, the SA 50 has...

The 20-pounder Parrott rifle, Model 1861 was a cast iron muzzle-loading rifled cannon that was adopted by the United States Army in 1861 and employed...

basic configurations; the automatic rifle machine-gun (ARM), the automatic rifle (AR), and the short automatic rifle (SAR). A modernised, redesigned version...

The .22 long rifle (.22LR), also known as the 5.7×15mmR, is a long-established variety of .22 caliber rimfire ammunition originating from the United States...

subsonic rifle cartridge .300 Lapua Magnum, rifle cartridge .300 Savage, rifle cartridge .300 Weatherby Magnum, rifle cartridge .300 Norma Magnum, rifle cartridge...

Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled musket. In the early 19th century there had been some criticism about the performance of the Baker rifle. In 1808, Colonel Henry...

where single-shot firearms are mandated, such as most Olympic and ISSF rifle disciplines. From the late 19th century all the way through both World Wars...

"United States Rifle, cal .30, Model of 1917" is an American modification and production of the .303-inch (7.7 mm) Pattern 1914 Enfield (P14) rifle (listed in...

Battle Rifle (EBR) is an American military designated marksman rifle and a modernized/tactical chassis-based variant of the select-fire M14 battle rifle chambered...

liability of the action jarring open. The rifle's barrel is round, 18 inches (460 mm) long, bored, and rifled for accurate shooting. The Model 1900 is...

The L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (SLR), also known by the initial Canadian designation C1, or in the U.S. as the "inch pattern" FAL (from French: Fusil Automatique...

assault rifle, with certain modifications, mostly to adapt the weapon to the partially subarctic Swedish climate. The Ak 5 is the current service rifle of...

in 1963. The rifle is a variant of the Lee–Enfield rifle. The design of the rifle – initially the Rifle 7.62mm 2A – began at the Rifle Factory Ishapore...

member of the Board for Testing Rifled Cannon (1900–1903). Butler developed improved projectiles for use with rifled artillery in the early 1870s. In...

including the new James Rifled Cannon and Parrott rifles, Union troops began the long bombardment of Fort Pulaski. The rifled projectiles could be accurately...

An AR-15–style rifle is a lightweight semi-automatic rifle based on or similar to the Colt AR-15 design. The Colt model removed the selective fire feature...

(light tank) variant, ZTD-05, is armed with a fully stabilized ZPL-98A 105mm rifled gun. The ZTD-05 assault vehicle variant has a crew of four, including a...

of the Auto & Burglar pistol with rifled barrels chambered to accept either .45 Colt or .410 shotshells. The rifled barrels, and the fact it is built...

1861 National Armory (NA) and contract rifle-muskets, a handful of Enfield Rifled Muskets, (.577 caliber, rifled) from stocks already in the State of New...

guns Mk I – Mk V were early British 5-inch rifled breechloading naval guns after it switched from rifled muzzle-loaders in the late 1870s. They were...

The M27 Infantry Automatic Rifle (IAR) is a 5.56mm, select-fire assault rifle / squad automatic weapon developed from the HK416 by Heckler & Koch. It is...

Murata rifle (村田銃, Murata jū) was the first indigenously produced Japanese service rifle adopted in 1880 as the Meiji Type 13 Murata single-shot rifle. The...

The Browning automatic rifle (BAR) is a family of American automatic rifle used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century...

needle-gun was a 19th-century military breech-loading rifle, as well as the first breech-loading rifle to use a bolt action to open and close the chamber...

The RML 12.5-inch guns were large rifled muzzle-loading guns designed for British battleships and were also employed for coast defence. The gun originated...

cornmeal and bacon grease to make a dough, snaked around a ramrod from a rifled musket, and cooked over a campfire. List of maize dishes Twist Bread Food...

An anti-materiel rifle (AMR) is a rifle designed for use against military equipment, structures, and other hardware (materiel) targets. Most of the modern...

with a 90 mm rifled main gun manufactured in Brazil by Bernardini. The final model, the Tamoyo III was armed with a NATO 105 mm L7 rifled main gun. Gelbart...

in length and 4.09 kg (9.0 lb) in weight. It has a 740 mm (29 in) long rifled barrel and carries 5 rounds of ammunition in an internal magazine. The Gewehr...

reduced barrel wear compared with rifled designs. Much of the difference in operation between smoothbore and rifled guns shows in the type of secondary...

The RML 40-pounder gun was a British rifled muzzle-loading siege and fortification gun designed in 1871. It was intended to supersede the RBL 40-pounder...

The United States Navy Mk 12 MOD 0/1/H Special Purpose Rifle (SPR) is a designated marksman rifle that was in service with United States Special Operations...

modernizirovannyy, lit. 'Modernized Kalashnikov automatic rifle') is a 7.62×39 mm Soviet assault rifle introduced in 1959 as a lighter, more modern successor...

 'Large-Caliber Kovrov Sniper Rifle'), also known as the Kovrov or Degtyarev sniper rifle, is a 12.7x108mm anti-materiel rifle developed in Russia by the...

battle rifles A battle rifle is a full-sized service rifle chambered to fire a fully powered cartridge. The term "battle rifle" is a retronym created...

is a semi-automatic rifle designed by John Browning and produced by Remington Arms, introduced as the Remington Autoloading Rifle in 1905, though the...

S. military for the M14 rifle, it can also be used with the Mk 14 Enhanced Battle Rifle as well M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle. It was introduced in 1957...

military 8 mm firearms, the Repeating Rifle Mannlicher 1888, better known as the Mannlicher M1888, was a bolt-action rifle used by several armies from 1888...

Kalashnikova obraztsa 1974 goda, lit. 'Kalashnikov assault rifle model 1974') is an assault rifle designed by small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov in 1974...

innovative seven-groove rifled barrel designed by William Ellis Metford. It replaced the Martini–Henry as the standard service rifle of the British Empire...

grenade 40 mm (AG-40) is a rifle-mounted 40 mm grenade launcher. It is mounted as a lower handguard for a Kalashnikov pattern rifle. The AG-40 is currently...

weapon designed for tanks, and heralded the change in main armament from rifled cannons. As the T-54/55 series began to replace the T-34 tanks in the Soviet...

configurations share a common Elbit-designed manned turret armed with a 105 mm rifled gun. Elbit Systems was awarded a $172 million contract to supply the vehicles...

Τυφέκιον/Όπλον Μάνλιχερ, Óplon/Tyfékion Mannlicher) is a rotary-magazine bolt-action rifle produced by Steyr Mannlicher for the Greek Army in 1903 and later used in...

Jamaica Rifle Association National Rifle Association of Australia National Rifle Association of India National Rifle Association of Japan National Rifle Association...

30 km/h (16 kn). It also has a new ZPL-83 105 mm rifled gun instead of the original 85 mm Type 62-85TC rifled gun. The new gun features an improved stabilizer...

corps of the Soviet Ground Forces, active from 1957 to 1991. The 119th Rifle Corps was originally established in late 1943 as part of the 8th Army, but...

only variant of the MCX is available in rifle, carbine, short-barreled rifle, and pistol (short-barreled rifle configured with a pistol brace or without...

The 14-pounder James rifle or James rifled 6-pounder or 3.8-inch James rifle was a bronze muzzle-loading rifled cannon that was employed by the United...

Remington Model 700 rifle, M24 being the model name assigned by the United States Army after adoption as their standard sniper rifle in 1988. The M24 is...

staal. Switzerland had adopted rifled cannon after its artillery committee proposed to acquire 12 batteries of 4-pounder rifled muzzle loaders (8.45 cm RML)...

"in-between" hybrid between a submachine gun and a conventional carbine assault rifle. The name describes the weapon's original conceptual role: as a compact...

conflict of interest, as Armstrong was at the time serving as Engineer of Rifled Ordnance for the War Office, while the British Government was the company's...

The Type Chiang Kai-shek rifle (Chinese: 中正式), also known as the Generalissimo rifle, and Type 24 (二四式), named after the Chinese Generalissimo Chiang...

The Hawken rifle is a muzzle-loading rifle that was widely used on the prairies and in the Rocky Mountains of the United States during the early frontier...

The Vereinsgewehr 1857 (union rifle, mod. 1857) was the commonly developed rifle of Baden, Hesse and Württemberg for their troops of the army of the German...

many short rifles in the late 19th century was artillery carbine. As the rifled musket replaced the smoothbore firearms for infantry in the mid 19th century...

Philadelphia Eagles of the National Football League (NFL). Nicknamed "the Red Rifle", he played college football for the TCU Horned Frogs, winning MW Offensive...

A designated marksman rifle (DMR) is a modern scoped high-precision rifle used by infantry in the designated marksman (DM) role. It generally fills the...

tank features a fully stabilized 105 mm rifled gun, which is reportedly superior to the old ZPL-94 105 mm rifled gun fitted on the Type 88 and Type 59 tanks...

the old guns, two 12-pound howitzers, and two 6-pound rifled guns, caliber 3.67, for four new rifled 3-inch Rodman's guns." The letter was written on November...

three-groove rifled barrel to a new 4-groove type, adding a pistol grip to the stock, changing the magazine to the 6-round type used in the 1900 short rifle, and...

The Mondragón rifle refers to one of two rifle designs developed by Mexican artillery officer General Manuel Mondragón. These designs include the straight-pull...

gun) is a 5.56×45mm NATO bullpup assault rifle designed and manufactured by HS Produkt of Croatia. The VHS rifle was first introduced at the 2007 iKA exhibition...

Springfield Armory M1A is a semi-automatic rifle made by Springfield Armory, Inc., beginning in 1971, based on the M14 rifle, for the civilian and law enforcement...

including locks and stocks adapted to new rifled barrels. It was not until the late 19th century that the rifle fully supplanted the musket as the weapon...

and then all remaining Rifle Divisions were converted to Motor Rifle Divisions in 1957. During World War II more than 700 Rifle Divisions were raised....

The M1941 Johnson Rifle is an American short-recoil operated semi-automatic rifle designed by Melvin Johnson prior to World War II. The M1941 unsuccessfully...

Heckler & Koch XM8 is a lightweight assault rifle system developed from the late 1990s to early 2000s. The rifle was designed by German small arms manufacturer...

Panzer 58. The first Panzer 58 prototype was armed with a domestic 90mm rifled gun, the second Panzer 58 was fitted with a British 84 mm calibre Ordnance...

variant QLG-91 rifle-attached variant for Type 56 assault rifle. QLG-91A rifle-attached variant for Type 81 assault rifle. QLG-91B rifle-attached variant...

gun: French equivalent, developed by EFAB in 1980s. L11A5 120 mm rifled gun: British rifled equivalent, developed by Royal Armament Research and Development...

The Howa Type 89 assault rifle (89式小銃, hachi-kyū-shiki-shōjū), referred to as the Type 89 5.56 mm rifle (89式5.56mm小銃, hachi-kyū-shiki-go-ten-go-roku-miri-shōjū)...

Black Rifle Coffee Company (BRCC) is a coffee company based in West Valley City, Utah, United States. Founded in 2014 by former U.S. Army Green Beret...

explosives. The pre-rifled 28 cm projectile A diagram of the major components of the rocket-assisted projectile (left) and pre-rifled projectile (right)...

The Springfield Model 1863 was a .58 caliber rifled musket manufactured by the Springfield Armory and independent contractors between 1863 and 1865. The...

(German: Armee-Universal-Gewehr, lit. 'army universal rifle') is an Austrian bullpup assault rifle chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO intermediate cartridge...

Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.); 22 Enfield Rifled Muskets. Caliber .58 and .577 K — 24 P53 Enfield Rifled Muskets...

rangefinders. The more advanced Type 79 variant was equipped with a 105 mm rifled gun which was also found on the Type 80 tank. After the Sino-Soviet split...

captain of the 19th century. He invented various methods to improve the rifled gun, particularly ball grooves (not to be confused with the Minié ball)...

The 105mm L/65 T5 was an American rifled anti-tank gun developed in 1945. The T5E1 was the main armament for several American WWII heavy tanks designs...

The Gauss gun (often called a Gauss rifle or Gauss cannon) is a device that uses electromagnets and the physics of the Newton's cradle to accelerate a...

"tank hunting rifle model 39"), was a German anti-tank rifle used in World War II. It was an improvement of the Panzerbüchse 38 (PzB 38) rifle. German anti-tank...

loads can provide improved ballistics for hunting deer when paired with a rifled barrel. On average, 20-gauge rounds will produce less muzzle energy than...

Unlike the aforementioned weapons, however, the 84 mm Carl Gustaf used a rifled barrel for spin-stabilising its rounds, as opposed to fins used by the other...

A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel...

(or M93) is a bolt-action rifle that was the standard service rifle of the Kingdom of Romania from 1893 to 1938. The rifle and its 1892 predecessor were...

56×45mm NATO rifle cartridge, Draft Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 4179 was proposed in order to allow NATO members to easily share rifle ammunition...

rather than true automatic fire. This article covers the anti-personnel rifle-calibre (typically 0.45 in [11 mm]) gun. The weapon was designed by a Swedish...

obrazets 1940 goda, lit. 'Tokarev's self-loading rifle, model of 1940') is a semi-automatic battle rifle developed in the Soviet Union that saw widespread...

Enfield Rifled Muskets. (.58 and .577 Cal.) C — 35 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.); 2 Enfield Rifled Muskets...

Enfield, Whitworth was inspired to begin experimenting with a hexagonally-rifled barrel; Whitworth would later apply these principles to his field guns....

Chukavina, lit. 'Chukavin Sniper Rifle'), GRAU index 6V14, is a semi-automatic designated marksman rifle/sniper rifle chambered for fully powered cartridges...

The Walther WA 2000 is a semi-automatic bullpup sniper rifle produced by the Carl Walther GmbH Sportwaffen company from 1978 to 1988. The WA2000 was introduced...

also known as the Mauser 13mm anti-tank rifle and T-Gewehr in English, is a German anti-tank rifle—the first rifle designed for the sole purpose of destroying...

loaded for use in the AR-15 rifle (or the military's M16 rifle), has to fit into the removable box magazine for that rifle. This dictates that the cartridge's...

The SIG Sauer SIG516 is an assault rifle and a semi automatic rifle manufactured by SIG Sauer, chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO. The SIG Sauer SIG516 shares...

anti-materiel rifle designed by Accuracy International. It is a re-engineered version of the Accuracy International Arctic Warfare sniper rifle (the standard...

The FN SCAR (SOF (Special Operations Forces) Combat Assault Rifle) is a family of gas-operated short-stroke gas piston automatic rifles developed by Belgian...

The 2R2M (Rifled Recoiled Mounted Mortar) is a vehicle-mounted, rifled 120 mm heavy mortar produced by Thales of France. It is derived from the MO-120-RT...

The M40 rifle is a bolt-action sniper rifle used by the United States Marine Corps. It has had four variants: the M40, M40A1, M40A3, and M40A5. The M40...

equivalent, developed by Uralvagonzavod in 2014. L11A5 120 mm rifled gun: British rifled equivalent, developed by Royal Armament Research and Development...

a Kalashnikov assault rifle model developed in 1994 to use the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge belonging to the export AK-100 (rifle family). The AK-101 is...

The Martini–Henry is a breech-loading single-shot rifle with a lever action that was used by the British Army. It first entered service in 1871, eventually...

when the weapon was fired. The obturation, a big problem in earlier Krupp rifled breech loaders, was ensured by Broadwell ring design borrowed from American...

The Girardoni (or Girandoni) air rifle, one of the first repeating rifles, was designed by Ladin artisan watchmaker and gunsmith Bartolomeo Girardoni...

downscaled Type 59 main battle tank, armed with a smaller 85 mm Type 62-85TC rifled main gun and with a much simpler gunner sight and thinner armour in order...

The Pattern 1800 Infantry Rifle, better known as the Baker rifle, was a flintlock rifle designed by English gunsmith Ezekiel Baker and used by the British...

bolt-action sporting rifle. Designed as a more affordable version of the Winchester Model 70. Built in three versions; Sporting Rifle, Magnum Rifle, and Carbine...

designed by Joseph Whitworth during the 1860s. It was a rifled muzzle loader and used his hexagonal rifled bore design, the principle of which is described in...

short-barrel version (610 mm or 24 inches) of the Pattern 1853 Enfield rifled musket, having a faster rifling twist rate (1:48 versus 1:78), along with...

The Ferguson rifle was one of the first breech-loading rifles to be put into service by the British military. It was designed by Major Patrick Ferguson...

rifle pattern 1996 "Beryllium", abbreviated kbs wz. 96) is a Polish 5.56mm assault rifle, designed and produced by the Fabryka Broni Radom. The rifle...

was an experimental automatic rifle of French origin from around the first years of the 20th century. It was the first rifle which used the direct impingement...

advantageous.[citation needed] Claud E. Fuller, in his book The Rifled Musket, shows tests of a rifled musket firing Minié ball, and a smoothbore musket firing...

The Meunier rifle, known as the "Meunier A6" or "STA No. 8", evolved as a part of the program initiated in 1890 by the French military to develop a semi-automatic...

in rifled barrels. Most shotgun cartridges are designed to be fired from a smoothbore barrel, as "shot" would be spread too wide by rifling. A rifled barrel...

an American bolt-action sniper rifle manufactured by CheyTac USA, which can also be classified as an anti-materiel rifle. It is fed by a seven-round detachable...

is a bolt-action rifle chambered for the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge. It was adopted on 21 June 1935 as the standard service rifle by the German Wehrmacht...

(SWS) in the US Army is a national match grade M14 rifle, selected for accuracy, and renamed the M21 rifle. The M21 uses a commercially procured 3–9× variable...

converted into blank-firing training rifles around 1905–1921. The weapon's rifled barrel was bored out to make the barrel smooth bore and most of the receiver...

The weapons used a 600 yards sight and a hair trigger. The barrels were rifled with eight grooves, making a turn every 36 inches. The Thouvenin rifles...

around 0.48–0.50 g (7.4–7.7 gr), which are generally intended for use in rifled barrels (because lead is more malleable and exerts less wear on the rifling)...

The Heckler & Koch G36 (German: Gewehr 36) is an assault rifle designed in the early 1990s by German weapons manufacturer Heckler & Koch. It is chambered...

Lee rifle may refer to: Several different caliber .50 rifled breechloaders, made in the early 1870s by James Paris Lee, tested by the U.S. Ordnance Board...

particularly France, after Britain transitioned from rifled muzzle-loading guns to the modern rifled breech-loaders somewhat later than the European powers...

an assault rifle designed by Russian small arms designer Mikhail Kalashnikov. Chambered in 7.62x39 belonging to the export AK-100 (rifle family). The...

Chieftain, which entered service in April 1966. It mounted the 120 mm L11 rifled gun, giving it significantly greater anti-armour firepower than the 105 mm...

of the United States, was assassinated using a 6.5×52mm Carcano Model 38 rifle. In March 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, using the alias "A. Hidell", purchased...

The SR-25 (Stoner Rifle-25) is a designated marksman rifle and semi-automatic sniper rifle designed by Eugene Stoner and manufactured by Knight's Armament...

71 A -- 50 Enfield Rifled Muskets. Calibre .58 and .577 B -- 54 Enfield Rifled Muskets. Calibre .58 and .577 C -- 45 Enfield Rifled Muskets. Calibre .58...

Mauser M 98 or M16. The first rotating bolt rifle with two lugs on the bolt head was the Lebel Model 1886 rifle. The concept has been implemented on most...

attachment to the M16A1, M16A2 and M16A3 rifles, and utilizes a 12 in (30 cm) rifled barrel. The M203 unmodified to an A1/A2 series will not fit on the M4 carbine...

best known for inventing a prototype bolt action rifle with his brother James Paris Lee. The rifle they made led to the Lee–Metford and Lee–Enfield series...

The Rifle, .303 Pattern 1914 (or P14) was a British service rifle of the First World War period, principally manufactured under contract by companies...

accurately rifle artillery only became available in the mid-19th century. Martin von Wahrendorff and Joseph Whitworth independently produced rifled cannons...

of the precise specifications in non-metric units, and vice versa. In a rifled barrel, the distance is measured between opposing lands (minor diameter)...

The Elswick BL 16.25 inch naval gun was an early British superheavy rifled breech-loading naval gun, commonly known as the (Elswick) 110-ton gun or 111-ton...

assault rifle, designed and manufactured by the Zastava Arms as the standard service rifle of the Serbian Armed Forces. The Zastava M19 rifle is based...

their own speed. The original flintlock model of the Hall rifle had a 32.5 in (830 mm) barrel rifled with 16 "clockwise" (right-hand) grooves, making a full...

(Women) 50 M Sport Rifle 3 Positions (Men) 10 M Air Pistol (Men) Double Trap (Men) 50 M Sport Rifle 3 Positions (Women) 50 M Sport Rifle 3 Positions (Men)...

pistol (under the American legal definition of a pistol) or compact carbine rifle, produced by the Gwinn Firearms Company, and later Bushmaster Firearms Inc...

full-length, select fire rifles that are chambered for an intermediate-power rifle cartridge that use a detachable magazine. Assault rifles are currently the...

discarding sabot and shaped charge ammunition for existing tank guns, new rifled and smoothbore tank guns with calibers ranging from 115 mm to 130 mm and...

Rifles, previously Morgan's Sharpshooters, and the one named Provisional Rifle Corps, were an elite light infantry unit commanded by General Daniel Morgan...

The Ruger AR-556 is a semi-automatic AR-15 style rifle manufactured by U.S. firearms company Sturm, Ruger & Co. Introduced in 2014 as an entry-level AR-15...

Zealand Service Rifle Association (NZSRA) is New Zealand's national organising body of service rifle competition. NZSRA promotes service rifle shooting, sets...

literally Sharpshooter Rifle 69) is a bolt-action sniper rifle produced by Steyr Mannlicher that is the standard sniper rifle for the Austrian Army. Designed...

RML 11-inch 25-ton guns were large rifled muzzle-loading guns used as primary armament on British battleships and for coastal defence. They were effectively...

Rifle Club is a 2024 Indian Malayalam-language action comedy film directed by Aashiq Abu and written by Syam Pushkaran, Dileesh Karunakaran, and Suhas...

accurized scoped long gun such as designated marksman rifle, sniper rifle and anti-materiel rifle to shoot at high-value targets at longer-than-usual ranges...

single-shot, bolt-action, pneumatic .177 caliber pellet gun, featuring a rifled steel barrel and imitation wood checkered plastic grips. The 1377 was introduced...

Fredericksburg A — 41 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861 National Armory (NA) and contract (.58 Cal.) B — 35 Austrian Rifled Muskets, leaf and block sights...

Kalashnikova, 2012 – GRAU index 6P70) is a Russian gas-operated assault rifle chambered in 5.45×39mm cartridge, designed and manufactured by Kalashnikov...

The CAR-15 is a family of M16 rifle–based firearms marketed by Colt in the 1960s and early 1970s. However, the term "CAR-15" is most commonly associated...

breech-loading rifled guns with magazines and smokeless powder were used by both sides. The British were equipped with the Lee–Metford rifle, while the Boers...

An elephant gun is a large caliber gun, rifled or smoothbore, originally developed for use by big-game hunters for elephant and other large game. Elephant...

the global proliferation of the AK-47 rifle and related Kalashnikov-pattern rifles, the SKS semi-automatic rifle, and the RPD/RPK light machine guns. The...

An automatic rifle is a type of autoloading rifle that is capable of fully automatic fire. Automatic rifles are generally select-fire weapons capable of...

millimeters gun F4 Model), also marketed under the name of Super 90, is a French rifled 90 mm tank gun produced by Giat Industries. It is fitted to the ERC 90 F4...

The StG 44 (abbreviation of Sturmgewehr 44, "assault rifle 44") is a German assault rifle developed during World War II by Hugo Schmeisser. It is also...

bullpup battle rifle chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge designed and produced by Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) as part of the Tavor rifle family. It is...

recoilless rifle, service name 20 mm pansarvärnsgevär m/42 (20 mm pvg m/42), meaning "20 mm antitank rifle model 1942", was the first recoilless rifle produced...

carbine based on the Gras rifle. At the time, many armies based their carbines on their standard rifle model, however the Lebel rifle's tube magazine made it...

wzór 98a (rifle pattern 98a) abbreviated to kb wz. 98a was a Polish rifle of the late 1930s; a development of the earlier kb wz. 98 rifle, itself a derivative...

allowed ordinary soldiers to use rifled muskets as easily as smoothbores. This innovation enabled the adoption of rifled muskets as the standard infantry...

Magnum) is a bolt-action sniper rifle manufactured by British firearms company Accuracy International designed for magnum rifle cartridges. The Accuracy International...

the rifle is derived from Hanyang Arsenal, the main factory that produced this rifle. The rifle was due to be replaced as the standard Chinese rifle by...

relatively small 3-pdr had superior range compared to his larger rifled guns. "Whitworth Rifled Ordnance". 2008-02-13. Archived from the original on 2008-02-13...

The M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle (EMR; formally Rifle, Caliber 7.62 mm, M39 Enhanced Marksman Rifle; NSN 1005-01-553-5196) is a semi-automatic, gas-operated...

officially known as Fusil modèle 1866, was a bolt-action military breechloading rifle. It is famous for having been the arm of the French forces in the Franco-Prussian...

muzzle brake to become the CN 90 F2 (factory designation D 924) low-pressure rifled gun. The improved 1954 model was developed with the aim of improving the...

new Console percussion locks, both rifled and smoothbore ones. The converted infantry weapons were Jaeger short rifle M1838 (Jägerstutzen M. 1838) and smoothbore...

"Dragunov sniper rifle, large-calibre" (Снайперская винтовка Драгунова крупнокалиберная), is a Russian precision rifle from the SVD rifle family chambered...

system T95E2 – Turret from the M48A2, 90 mm M41 rifled gun T95E3 – Turret from the T54E2, 105 mm T140 rifled gun T95E4 – Turret from the T96, 105 mm T210...

("heavy tactical rifle") is a bolt-action sniper rifle. It was designed and manufactured by the American company H-S Precision, Inc. The rifle is very accurate:...

The Berdan rifle (Russian: винтовка Бердана, romanized: vintovka Berdana) is a single-shot rifle created by American engineer and inventor Hiram Berdan...

The Barrett MRAD (Multi-role Adaptive Design) is a bolt-action sniper rifle designed by Barrett to meet the requirements of the SOCOM PSR. The MRAD is...

country that still made its original product. The company was the largest rifle manufacturer in North America according to 2015 ATF statistics. The company...

The MAS-49 is a French semi-automatic rifle that replaced various bolt-action rifles as the French service rifle that was produced from 1949. It was designed...

rifle produced by Sturm, Ruger & Co. It was designed by Jim Sullivan during his three years with Ruger. It was designed primarily as a hunting rifle featuring...

Kulsprutegevär m/40, Kg m/40 (Machine rifle model 40) is an automatic rifle used by the Swedish Army during the 1940s. The rifle was negatively referred to as...

weather resistant. Some of the Model 1835 muskets also had their barrels rifled during this same period to fire the newly designed Minié ball, if the barrel...

stamped with the year 1863, indicating that this rifle was originally produced as a Model 1863 rifled musket and was later converted as part of the Model...

Vektor R4 is a South African 5.56×45mm assault rifle. It entered service as the standard service rifle of the South African Defence Force (SADF) in 1980...

lightweight bolt-action takedown rifle chambered for the .22 Hornet cartridge and adopted as the MA-1 aircrew survival rifle by the United States Air Force...

The IPSC Nordic Mini Rifle Championship is a yearly IPSC level 3 rifle championship hosted in either Norway, Sweden, Finland or Denmark. The following...

was the first heavy Ring Kanone or built-up gun used by Germany. It was a rifled breech loader with a Krupp cylindroprismatic sliding breech and a Broadwell...

heavy mortar. The RT in the designator stands for rayé, tracté, which means rifled, towed. The MO-120-RT is currently used by the French Army (where it is...

in many configurations. The rifle is a derivative of its predecessor, the lightweight ArmaLite AR-15, an automatic rifle designed by Eugene Stoner and...

The Volkssturmgewehr (lit. 'People's Storm Rifle') is the name of several rifle designs developed by Nazi Germany during the final months of World War...

AR70/90 is a gas operated assault rifle chambered for the 5.56×45 mm NATO cartridge, and is the standard issue service rifle of the Italian Armed Forces. The...

known as the Rashid) is a semi-automatic carbine, derived from the Hakim rifle and used by the Egyptian military. Only around 8,000 were made. The Rasheed...

A rifle grenade is a grenade that uses a rifle-based launcher to permit a longer effective range than would be possible if the grenade were thrown by hand...

A spotting rifle or ranging gun is a small-calibre rifle used as a ranging device for artillery. The ballistics of the spotting rifle are matched to those...

Anzio 20mm rifle is an American anti-materiel rifle designed and marketed by Anzio Iron Works. It is the first American anti-materiel rifle designed and...

British rifled muzzle-loading guns converted from obsolete smoothbore 8-inch 65 cwt shell guns in the 1860s-1870s. When Britain adopted rifled ordnance...

8 cwt, later known as RBL 12 pounder 8 cwt, was an early modern 3-inch rifled breech-loading field gun of 1859. The gun incorporated some advanced features...

The Winchester Model 1894 rifle (also known as the Winchester 94 or Model 94) is a lever-action repeating rifle that became one of the most famous and...

was much more reliable and weather resistant. Some also had their barrels rifled later as well to fire the newly created Minié ball, if the barrel was thick...

design of a "French 1874-type rapid-firing rifle", yet this variation has a limited range and the absence of a rifled barrel. In 1915, 450,000 Gras rifles were...

The Cookson flintlock rifle, a lever-action breech-loading repeater, also known as the Cookson gun, is one of many similar designs to appear beginning...

укороченная, Snájperskaja Vintóvka Ukoróčennaja, Sniper Rifle Shortened) is a bullpup designated marksman rifle. The SVU was developed to meet the needs of the...

"self-loading rifle of 1998") is a semi auto designated marksman rifle manufactured by Heckler & Koch. It is a civilian and a marksman rifle version of the...

two other. MTs 30-01, MTs 30-02 and MTs 30-03 have rifled barrels with four grooves all 9mm rifled barrels have six grooves with 320 mm twist rate. It...

rotated along their axes to allow the shooter to switch between either the rifled or the smoothbore barrels. Swivel guns are distinct from pivot guns, which...

Steyr Scout (German pronunciation: [ˈʃtaɪɐ]) is an Austrian bolt-action rifle manufactured by Steyr Mannlicher, and chambered primarily for 7.62 NATO...

action repeating rifle manufactured since 2008 by the Mossberg firearms company. It comes in two calibers: .30-30 Winchester and .22 Long Rifle Model 464: ...

romanized: Avtomat Malogabaritnyj, lit. 'Small-sized Automatic Rifle', GRAU index: 6P74) is a compact assault rifle chambered in 5.45×39mm intermediate cartridge, developed...

Model 1887 rifle, chambered in 9.5x60mm The Mauser Model 1890 rifle and carbine, chambered in 7.65×53mm Mauser The Mauser Model 1893 rifle, chambered...

The Serbian Peabody rifle (Serbian: Пушка система Пибоди, Puška sistema Pibodi) is a single-shot breech-loading rifle made and used in the Principality...

pistol cartridge .50 Beowulf, a powerful rifle cartridge used in the AR-15 platform .50 Alaskan, a wildcat rifle cartridge 50 Cent, an American rapper Labatt...

translated; "88 Sniper Rifle") is a Chinese bullpup designated marksman rifle, chambered in 5.8x42mm distributed by Norinco. The QBU-88 rifle (Mandarin: Qīngwuqi...

breechblock service rifle produced by the Springfield Armory for the United States military. It was the first standard-issue breech-loading rifle adopted by the...

An ArmaLite rifle (AR) is one of a series of rifles the ArmaLite company made or, more generally, a rifle based on one of its designs, such as the ArmaLite...

Imperial Meeting is a target shooting competition organised by the National Rifle Association annually at the Bisley Ranges in England. It is widely regarded...

Azb MK1 is a Pakistani light weight semi-automatic designated marksman rifle designed and manufactured by the POF. It was first unveiled at the December...

SV-98 (Snaiperskaya Vintovka Model 1998) is a Russian bolt-action sniper rifle designed by Vladimir Stronskiy. In 2003 special operations troops were armed...

ArmaLite AR-15 rifle that was redesigned and modified by Colt's Patent Firearm Company for the United States military as the M16A1 rifle. Stoner was born...

bolt-action rifle developed in Sweden in the 1960s by Husqvarna Vapenfabrik, which also produced the rifle from 1967 to 1970. The rifle was produced...

manufactured by Trijicon. The ACOG was originally designed to be used on the M16 rifle and M4 carbine, but Trijicon has also developed ACOG accessories for other...

cannon is uniquely like a bolt-action but has no firing pin in its bolt. Rifled breech loader Cunningham, Sumner Archibald (1893). Confederate Veteran Vol...

Royal Gurkha Rifles (RGR) is a rifle regiment of the British Army established in 1994, as an amalgamation of older Gurkha Rifle regiments. It forms part of...

The British RML 8-inch 9-ton guns Mark I – Mark III were medium rifled muzzle-loading guns used to arm smaller ironclad warships and coast defence batteries...

The Excalibur is an assault rifle derived from the INSAS rifle, the standard rifle of the Indian Armed Forces and, to a lesser extent, the Indian Police...

The 701 rifle (701 突击步枪) was a prototype assault rifle intended to rival the Type 63 in the 66-136 programme. The 701 rifle uses an unusual cartridge...

is an Israeli bullpup assault rifle designed and produced by Israel Weapon Industries (IWI) as part of the Tavor rifle family, along with the Tavor TAR...

The Heckler & Koch HK33 is a 5.56mm assault rifle developed in the 1960s by West German armament manufacturer Heckler & Koch GmbH (H&K), primarily for...

10 metre air rifle and Men's 50 metre rifle 3 positions events. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's 10 metre air rifle event only. "London2012...

Enfield Rifled Muskets, Calibre .58 or .577 H - 32 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, N.A. and contract. Calibre .58; 1 P53 Enfield Rifled Muskets...

6-pounders converted to rifled guns. The Eagle Foundry of Miles Greenwood of Cincinnati delivered 97 bronze 6-pounders of which 43 were rifled between August 1861...

armed with a mix of 7-inch and 64-pounder 56 cwt rifled muzzle-loading guns and a pair of 20-pounder rifled breechloading guns. The 7-inch (178 mm) and 64-pounder...

is a Danish sports shooter. She competed in the 300 meter rifle prone and 300 meter rifle three positions events at multiple World and European Championships...

for this weapon. Its magazine holds 26 rounds. The APS's barrel is not rifled; the fired projectile is kept in line by hydrodynamic effects; as a result...

The Ross rifle is a straight-pull bolt action rifle chambered in .303 British that was produced in Canada from 1903 until 1918. The Ross Mk.II (or "model...

23 guns: Nine 64 pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns Eight 7-inch rifled breech-loading (RBL) guns Six 8 in (20.3 cm) rifled muzzle loaded howitzers (three...

related to BL 6 inch 80 pounder gun. Instructions for the use of 6-inch rifled breech loading Armstrong gun and naval carriage and slide from Australian...

The MBT 1925 was a prototype straight-pull bolt-action rifle of Italian origin. The rifle is fed by en-bloc clips and chambered for the 6.5x52mm Carcano...

(English: Rifle Factory of Carl Gustaf's Town) was a Swedish firearms manufacturer based in Eskilstuna, Sweden. Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori ("Rifle Factory...

with two 7-inch (90cwt) muzzle-loading rifled guns on pivoting mounts, and four 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns (two on pivoting mounts, and two...

single-shot rifle with a lever action that was designed for use by the Portuguese Army. Instead the Portuguese adopted the Kropatschek rifle rendering the...

The BL 12-inch Mark VIII naval gun was one of the first large British rifled breech-loading naval guns designed for the higher pressures generated by the...

the Russian M1856 muzzleloading rifled musket. The old breech was replaced with Carle's bolt action mechanism. The rifle was chambered with a 15,24 mm paper...

The vz. 58 (or Sa vz. 58) is a 7.62×39mm assault rifle that was designed and manufactured in Czechoslovakia and accepted into service in the late 1950s...

guns in course of manufacture were rifled on this principle, upon which all of our heavy pieces since have been rifled. The 7 in (18 cm) referred to, and...

The 580 series was a lower-cost rifle patterned after the contemporary Model 788 centerfire rifle and shares that rifle's rear-locking bolt. http://www...

The Type 97 sniper rifle (九七式狙撃銃, Kyū-nana-shiki sogekijū) is a Japanese bolt-action rifle, based on the Type 38 rifle adopted in 1937, following Japanese...

The T48 (marked as "Rifle, Caliber .30, T48") was a battle rifle tested by the U.S. military in the mid 1950s during trials to find a replacement for the...

for "Polu-automatska puška" (Semi-automatic rifle) and the rifle was nicknamed "Papovka". Otherwise this rifle is nearly identical to the Soviet version...

The CETME Model 58 is a stamped-steel, select-fire battle rifle produced by the Spanish armaments manufacturer Centro de Estudios Técnicos de Materiales...

RML 16-inch 80-ton guns were large rifled muzzle-loading guns intended to give the largest British battleships parity with the large guns being mounted...

EL rifle is manufactured by Italian arms manufacturer Benelli Armi SpA. It is a limited-edition version of the Benelli Argo, the only Benelli rifle to...

remark 'that a rifled gun, probably a breech-loader, that can travel with cavalry, and has an effective shell range beyond that of rifled small arms, not...

Royal Bavarian Rifle Factory in Amberg and adopted into Bavarian service. Following the invention of the Minié ball, the M1842 was rifled with five groves...

The Type 44 cavalry rifle (四四式騎銃, Yonyon-shiki kijū/Yonjūyon-shiki kijū) is a Japanese bolt-action rifle. This rifle is also often referred to as a Type...

Department: A — 11 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.) B — 46 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and...

64 battle rifle (64式自動小銃, Roku-yon-shiki-jidou-shoujuu), referred to as the Type 64 7.62mm rifle (64式7.62mm小銃), is a Japanese battle rifle used exclusively...

Austrian Army became the first military force in the world to adopt a bullpup rifle, the Steyr AUG, as a principal combat weapon. Since then the militaries...

design encased in a tubular upper receiver with a forged steel frame, button rifled match barrels, and 16-round magazines standard. Goncz Armament, Inc. of...

community of the Edwards, CO Micropolitan Statistical Area and the Edwards-Rifle, CO Combined Statistical Area. The Edwards post office has the ZIP Code...

Major precision rifle variants used by snipers from around the world are as follows. The list includes hunting or precision rifles equipped with a telescopic...

shot of the time. It was adopted for the larger types of rifled muzzle-loading guns rifled on the Woolwich principle (with three rifling grooves). Palliser...

sports shooter. He competed in the Men's 10 metre air rifle, men's 50 m rifle prone and men's 50 m rifle 3 positions events at the 2012 Summer Olympics. "London...

38: The experimental composite barrels used aluminum swaged around thin rifled liners of 416 stainless steel. Pikula, page 46 Pikula, page 45 Pikula, pages...

Fallschirm Leuchtpatrone was a rifle grenade that could be fired from the Kampfpistole. The Kampfpistole was a rifled single-shot break action gun and...

barreled M1814 common rifle that preceded it, it had a barrel that was round for most of its length. The 36-inch barrel was rifled for .54 caliber bullets...

March 12, 1874) was the inventor of the Sharps rifle, the first commercially successful breech-loading rifle and the Sharps Four Barrel Pistol, and Sharps...

Geiger to fire the same cartridges as the Spencer carbine. The split breech rifle lacked a hammer spur because it self-cocked when the breechblock was opened...

pistol, Negev light machine gun, Galil assault rifle, Tavor assault rifle, and the DAN .338 sniper rifle. IWI develops and manufactures guns used by armies...

The Winchester Model 30 was an experimental self-loading rifle offered to the United States War Department as an alternative to the M1 Garand. Winchester...

Marksman Rifle (DMR, NSN 1005-01-458-6235; more formally the United States Rifle, Caliber 7.62 mm, M14, DMR) is a semi-automatic, gas-operated rifle chambered...

Assaulter Battle Rifle) is a 7.62x51mm semi-automatic rifle manufactured by LWRC International. The gun is considered a sniper rifle and it preceded the...

1882 was a trapdoor short rifle based on the design of the Springfield Model 1873. It is usually referred to as a short rifle but is sometimes called a...

samopowtarzalny wzór 38M (self-repeating rifle pattern 1938M, abbreviated kbsp wz. 38M), is a 7.92mm semi-automatic rifle used in small numbers by the Polish...

The IPSC Nordic Rifle Championship is a yearly IPSC level 3 rifle championship hosted in either Norway, Sweden, Finland or Denmark. 2001 Hell, 20-23....

mount, the butt is also different, having the shape of a regular AK-47 rifle. It has a reinforced receiver, night sights and no carrying handle. The...

The New Assault Rifle Platform (NARP) is an Italian modular assault rifle manufactured by Beretta. Initial models are chambered in 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge...

Daewoo Precision Industries K2 assault rifle is the service rifle of the South Korean military. It was developed by the South Korean Agency for Defense...

semi-automatic rifle designed and manufactured by the Kalashnikov Concern (formerly Izhmash). It is based on the AK-107 assault rifle. In 2012, Kalashnikov...

service written with two other authors. Best is also a co-founder of Black Rifle Coffee Company. Best enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2004 at 17, three months...

Madsen LAR was a battle rifle of Danish origin chambered in the 7.62×51mm NATO caliber. It is based on the Kalashnikov rifle and was made from lightweight...

The BM59 is an automatic battle rifle developed in Italy in 1959. It is based on the M1 Garand rifle, chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO, modified to use a detachable...

(12.7×42mmRB) is a 12mm caliber rifle cartridge developed by Bill Alexander of Alexander Arms for use in an AR-15 rifle. The cartridge utilizes a rebated...

series 120 mm rifled tank gun. The Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment at Fort Halstead designed a new 120 mm rifled tank gun in 1957...

and semi-automatic pistols are the most commonly used. A rifle is a long gun with a rifled barrel, and requires the use of both hands to hold and brace...

Quarter, 1862' A — 44 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and contract, (.58 Cal.) B — 35 Springfield Rifled Muskets, model 1855, 1861, NA and...

bolt-action rifle manufactured by Sauer & Sohn in Germany between 1993 and 2015. The rifle was imported to the US by SIG Arms. This rifle has a modular...

Championship Rifle/Pistol 2017 : Result 10m Air Rifle Men Junior". www.issf-sports.org. Retrieved 2017-06-26. "ISSF Junior World Championship Rifle/Pistol 2017 :...

Sauer 100 is a bolt-action rifle manufactured by Sauer & Sohn that was launched in 2016. It is an entry-level rifle from Sauer, and is produced in the...

Zìdòng—"轻武器""步枪""自动"—"light rifle automatic") assault rifle, also known as the Type 03, is a Chinese gas operated, selective-fire assault rifle designed and developed...

version which could accept 3-inch (7.6 cm) shells, and versions with rifle sights ("Rifled Slug Specials"). The Model 878 was introduced in 1959 with an improved...

List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, calibre and name. .17 Hornady Mach 2 .17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire .17 Munisalva .17 PMC/Aguila .17 Winchester...

stowed in the turret, and three of these ready. The Stingray has a 105 mm rifled cannon. Its cruise speed is 44 mph (71 km/h). Maximum grade is 60%. The...

Standardmodell rifle (also known as Mauser Model 1924 or Mauser Model 1933) is a bolt-action rifle designed to chamber the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge. The rifle was...

The Lee–Speed rifle was a bolt-action rifle based on James Paris Lee's rear-locking bolt system and detachable magazine. Early models were fitted with...

The 76.2 mm D-56T series rifled tank gun is the tank gun used on the PT-76, which is the only known armoured vehicle to carry it. The D-56T is an anti-tank...

A rifleman is an infantry soldier armed with a rifled long gun. Although the rifleman role had its origin with 16th century hand cannoneers and 17th century...

Steyr ACR was a prototype flechette-firing assault rifle built for the US Army's Advanced Combat Rifle program of 1989/90. Although the Steyr design proved...

The Beretta 501 Sniper is an Italian-made bolt-action sniper rifle. Introduced in 1985, it was intended for military and police use. The Beretta Sniper...

riflemen. While all infantry units in modern armies are typically armed with rifled weapons the term is still used to denote regiments that follow the distinct...

the barrel of a rifle, though it may also refer to the cylinder of a revolver or the bolt of a bolt action rifle. In contrast to rifle barrels and revolver...

G43, K43, Gew 43, Kar 43) is a 7.92×57mm Mauser caliber semi-automatic rifle developed by Germany during World War II. The design was based on that of...

War. The Pee Dee was a Macon-class gunboat that was armed with two Brooke rifled cannons and a captured Union Dahlgren cannon. She was built at the Mars...

Sharpshooter Rifle 3000) is a bolt-action, magazine fed rifle chambered in 7.62×51mm NATO. It was derived in Germany from the Sauer 200/Sauer 202 rifle family...

Heckler & Koch G3 battle rifle. It was produced by Heckler & Koch for civilian sales and Bundeswehr reservist market for a rifle that could be privately...

2008, lit. 'sharpshooter rifle [model] 08') is an Austrian bolt-action sniper rifle developed and produced by Steyr. The rifle is a further evolution of...

Israeli bolt-action sniper rifle manufactured by Israel Weapons Industries (IWI). It is named after the ancient city of Dan. The rifle is chambered for the...

Lunetă, 7.62x54mm model 1974, "scoped semi-automatic rifle") is a Romanian designated marksman rifle. It is also called PSL-54C, Romak III, FPK and SSG-97...

anti-materiel rifle chambered in 14.5×114mm manufactured by XADO Holding Ltd. The Snipex Alligator long-range large-caliber magazine-fed repeating rifle is designed...

the National Rifle & Pistol Matches which are held at Camp Perry, Ohio, and has become the most prestigious prize in US long-range rifle shooting. Each...

Individual Combat Weapon) was a series of prototypes of a new type of assault rifle that fired 20 mm HE airbursting projectiles. The prototypes were developed...

Automatique Modèle 1917 ("Model 1917 Automatic Rifle"), also called the RSC M1917, was a gas-operated, semi-automatic rifle placed into service by the French Army...

the Russian military Dragunov sniper rifle. It was introduced on 3 July 1963 together with the Dragunov sniper rifle. The PSO-1 was specifically designed...

Assault Rifle 80) is an assault rifle from Singapore. In the late 1960s, the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) adopted the AR-15 as their main service rifle.[citation...

(Scharfschützengewehr 2000, literally Sharpshooter Rifle 2000) is a bolt-action, magazine-fed rifle. The SSG 2000 sniper rifle is a joint effort by Swiss company SIG...

Bavarian rifled musket converted to breechloader (M1858/67), similar in appearance and action. This article is about the Green M1867 rifle made in Serbia...

Browning BAR is a gas-operated, semi-automatic rifle produced by the Browning Arms Company in Belgium. The rifle loads from a detachable box magazine. Browning...

209th Rifle Division. On May 1, 1945, the Front included the 17th Army with the 85th Rifle Corps (36th and 57th Motor Rifle Divisions), the 284th Rifle Division...

Armstrong serially produced his rifled breechloaders with the same technology, and built-up, but very simple Parrott rifled muzzleloaders played a significant...

fired from 1:7 in rifled barrels used in standard Army rifles, but special Army Marksmanship Unit (AMU) match-grade 1:8 in rifled barrels, which produce...

Red Army rifle divisions were converted to mechanised (infantry) divisions. From 1957, all rifle and mechanised divisions became "motor rifle divisions"...

Modèle 1949; 75 mm Semi-Automatic 1949 Model) is a French 75 mm low-recoil rifled gun specially designed to be mounted on the EBR eight-wheeled armored reconnaissance...

internal diameter of the barrel at the lands (the raised helical ridges in rifled gun barrels). The actual bullet caliber is often 7.82 mm (0.308 in), although...

The Type 38 rifle (三八式歩兵銃, sanhachi-shiki hoheijū) is a bolt-action service rifle that was used by the Empire of Japan predominantly during the Second...

(4.1 in) is a common NATO-standard artillery and tank gun calibre. The rifled tank round is defined by STANAG 4458. The artillery round is defined by...

Objective Sniper Weapon (OSW) and now called the Anti-Materiel Payload Rifle (AMPR), is a prototype semi-automatic grenade launcher. It is chambered...

anti-materiel rifle chambered for the 14.5×114mm cartridge and manufactured by XADO-Holding Ltd., Kharkiv, Ukraine. The T-Rex is a bolt-action rifle. During...

The LMT R-20 Rahe ("Hail" in Estonian) is an assault rifle chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge. It is specially designed and manufactured for the...

battery that consisted of four RML 9 in (229 mm) rifled guns, twenty-four RML 7 in (178 mm) rifled guns, and eight 24-pounder smoothbore guns. Northumberland...

Factories Board. It is a derivative of the Excalibur rifle, which in turn is a development of the INSAS rifle. The Amogh has been designed for close quarters...

The RML 16-pounder 12 cwt gun was a British Rifled, Muzzle Loading (RML) field artillery gun manufactured in England in the 19th century, which fired a...

conventional .22 rifle with a fitted and pre-zeroed telescopic sight, and the Paratrooper repeater, a .177 pistol-gripped repeating rifle incorporating a...

The Lewis gun (or Lewis automatic machine gun or Lewis automatic rifle) is a First World War–era light machine gun. Designed privately in the United States...

The Heckler & Koch HK416 is an assault rifle chambered for the 5.56×45mm NATO cartridge, designed and manufactured by the German company Heckler & Koch...

anti-tank rifle of Swiss origin. The Oerlikon SSG36 anti-tank rifle demonstrated, that it was possible to build a successful straight blowback rifle up to...

air rifle. As a member of the Army Black Knights rifle team, Scherer earned a bronze medal in smallbore and finished in fifth place in air rifle as a...

the old guns, two 12-pound howitzers, and two 6-pound rifled guns, caliber 3.67, for four new rifled 3-inch Rodman's guns. The 3-inch Rodman guns were actually...

100 mm 2A70 low-pressure rifled gun, a 30 mm 2A72 coaxial autocannon, and a 7.62 mm PKT coaxial machine gun. The 2A70 rifled cannon is capable of firing...

Luger rifle was an attempt by Georg Luger to make a full-powered semi-automatic rifle using the same toggle-bolt action of the pistol. A single rifle, serial...

The Sako ARG (lit. 'Arctic Rifle Generation') is a Finnish family of assault and battle rifles designed and manufactured by Sako. Previously known as...

FNAR is not an "AR" type rifle. Rather, the FNAR rifle is based on the proven and quite popular Browning BAR hunting rifle (which is unrelated to the...

The study of rifled projectiles and the construction of rifles was his chief pleasure, and he soon attained the highest skill as a rifle shot. In 1846...

requirements, a long smoothbore barrel was necessary for the new rifle to fire underwater, but a rifled barrel was necessary to achieve any significant range while...

The RML 9-inch Armstrong Gun was a rifled muzzle loading gun, used in substantial numbers by the Dutch navy, the Spanish Navy, and other navies. It should...

The APR (Advanced Precision Rifle) is a bolt-action sniper rifle designed by the Thun-based Brügger & Thomet in 2003 as an evolution of the French PGM...

from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-14. "Rimless cartridges, Calibres of rifled long centre fire weapons for rimless cartridges". Commission Internationale...

gas rifle) was an early automatic rifle designed in the late 19th century by Amerigo Cei-Rigotti, an officer of the Royal Italian Army. The rifle was...

spring guide. The bolt is steel. The original barrel was aluminum using a rifled steel liner; barrels of some production models have used all steel barrels...

The Springfield Model 1892–99 Krag–Jørgensen rifle is a Norwegian-designed bolt-action rifle that was adopted in 1892 as the standard United States Army...

The Smith & Wesson M&P15 is an AR-15 style semi-automatic rifle by Smith & Wesson. Introduced in 2006, the firearm is designed for police use and consumer...

The AK-9 is a Russian 9×39mm compact rifle. Its development began when Izhevsk Machine-Building Plant (Izhmash), now known as Kalashnikov Concern started...

giving her a "barque" rig. A single 7-inch rifled muzzle-loading gun amidships and two 6.3-inch 64-pounder rifled muzzle-loading guns, one forward and one...

The Heckler & Koch HK433 is a modular assault rifle originally chambered for 5.56×45mm which combines features of the G36 and the HK416 families of assault...

Automatic Sniper System (M110 SASS) is an American semi-automatic sniper rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO round. It is manufactured by Knight's...

practical due to damage from muzzle blast. Each turret mounted a pair of rifled muzzle-loading RML 12.5-inch (318 mm) guns. Their shells weighed 809 pounds...

advertised as a Model 1300. The security series had options for: rifle sights or bead, a rifled bore and pistol grip rather than a butt. A riot version was...

The program was titled to reflect McCain's use of a Winchester Model 1892 rifle (an anachronism, as the show was set in the 1880s) which had been customized...

of standard bullets. The barrels of underwater pistols are typically not rifled. Rather, the fired projectile maintains its ballistic trajectory underwater...

used in the Swiss Vetterli M69/81 rifle) is a .415 in (10.5 mm) Swiss military rimfire bottlenecked intermediate rifle cartridge. In 1867, the Swiss military...

a flechette-firing "rifle", though other concepts were also involved. The concepts continued to be tested under the Future Rifle Program and again in...

sea. The piece was rifled, which allowed for a much more accurate and powerful action. The necessary machinery to accurately rifle artillery was only...

(Finnish: Rynnäkkökivääri 62, lit. 'Assault rifle 62'), officially 7.62 RK 62 and commercially M62, is an assault rifle manufactured by Valmet and Sako. It is...

revolvers and Winchester rifles. Hotchkiss patented a line of projectiles for rifled artillery that were used extensively in the American Civil War. After the...

two 7-inch (6½-ton) muzzle-loading rifled guns mounted in traversing slides and four 64-pounder muzzle-loading rifled guns. They were re-classified as corvettes...

The FR F1 is a French sniper rifle manufactured by the Manufacture d'armes de Saint-Étienne (MAS); one of several government-owned arms factories in France...

USS Minnesota afloat but was halted when a shot from one of Virginia's rifled guns entered her boiler, exploding and causing severe damage. She was sent...

chase guns on the upper deck. This was modified during construction to four rifled 110-pounder breech-loading guns and twenty-four 68-pounders. The breech-loading...

weapon mounts. Short-barreled rifle (SBR) A legal designation in the United States, referring to a shoulder-fired, rifled firearm with a barrel length...

during the next change of direction. The VT 1-1 was armed with two 105 mm rifled guns, which were loaded manually. The VT 1–2 carried two 120 mm smoothbore...

The Accuracy International AX50 is a .50 BMG anti-materiel rifle manufactured by British firearms company Accuracy International. The AX50 is developed...

spaced at up to 300m. Gran projectiles can be fired from smoothbore and rifled mortars. Kitolov-2M – (Russia) Krasnopol – (Russia, Soviet Union) "Russian...