Rifle
Bolt Action Rifle
Double Rifle
Falling Block
Single Shot Rifle
Break-Open
Single Shot Rifle
Muzzle of a rifle's barrel, showing
spiral grooves.
Rifle - A shoulder-mounted firearm, having a series of spiral grooves (rifling) cut inside the barrel that impart a rapid spin to the single projectile, gyroscopically stabilizing it in flight for greatly improved accuracy over that of a smoothbore gun.
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