rifle
A long firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls. The rifling causes the speeding bullet to spin, giving it more stability and penetrating power.
This tag also applies to a carbine, which is basically the shorter variant of a rifle.
Rifle types
* anti-materiel rifle
* assault rifle
* battle rifle
* bolt action
* bullpup
* flintlock
* lever action
* sniper rifle
See also
Aliases: none