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capable of handling rounds of this power and physical size. The single-shot big-game rifle would only be displaced by bolt-action repeaters firing high-velocity...

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

youth rifle is a rifle designed or modified for fitting children or other small-framed shooters. A youth rifle is often a single-shot .22 caliber rifle, or...

(Navy or Coast Guard), .40 S&W SIG P229 DAK (Coast Guard only), or M16 rifle. To qualify at the expert level, a superior score must be obtained on an...

cartridges have survived to the present day with regular use. The .22 Long Rifle rimfire cartridge, introduced in 1887, is by far the most common ammunition...

shot, rat shot, or dust shot, more formally known as shotshell (a name shared with the shotgun shell) or canister shot, refers to handgun and rifle cartridges...

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...

such as an accurized scoped long gun such as designated marksman rifle (or a sniper rifle) to shoot at high-value targets at longer-than-usual ranges. The...

Evans repeating rifle was a lever-action repeating rifle designed by Warren R. Evans as a high capacity repeater. The Evans repeating rifle is often considered...

System) or the M110A1 SDMR (Squad Designated Marksman Rifle). It is an American semi-automatic sniper rifle that is chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO round....

The .22 Long Rifle, also known as the .22LR or 5.7×15mmR, is a long-established variety of .22 caliber rimfire ammunition originating from the United...

Winchester rifle of the American Wild West. Designed and introduced by Benjamin Tyler Henry in 1860, the original Henry was a sixteen-shot .44 caliber...

also recocks the hammer/striker for the following shot. In common usage, the term "repeating rifle" most often refers specifically to manual repeating...

of the Lebel rifle in 1886, the French Army wanted a repeating carbine using the same ammunition as the Lebel to replace their single shot carbine based...

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

Berdan rifle (Russian: винтовка Бердана) is a single-shot rifle created by American engineer and inventor Hiram Berdan in 1868. It was the service rifle of...

also reduced the weapon to a single shot weapon, and effectively defeated the entire purpose of having a repeating rifle. Brevete Colt Dragoon revolving rifles...

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

books. Perhaps as a result, several rifle companies offer reproductions of the Sharps rifle. Sharps' initial rifle was patented September 12, 1848, and...

rugged construction and lever-action "repeating rifle" mechanism that allowed the user to fire a number of shots before having to reload. Nelson King's improved...