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Hunting shotguns are shoulder-fired weapons, and are generally smoothbores, but guns designed to fire slugs may have rifled barrels. Shotguns are used for short range shooting, and are less accurate than rifles, though the ability to fire multiple projectiles makes them ideal for small, fast moving targets.
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 walls.The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hunting rifles. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. F. Falling-block rifles (12 P) Pages in category "Hunting rifles". The following 55 pages are in this category, out of 55 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Belgium. Bushmaster M4gery. Bushmaster XM-15. Bushmaster Firearms International. .223 Remington, 5.56x45 NATO (Bushmaster M4gery & XM15) 6.8mm Remington SPC, 7.62×39mm (Bushmaster M4gery) United States. 1990s. Calico Liberty.
Most straight-pull rifles have a striker firing mechanism (without a hammer), [citation needed] and models using a hammer usually have a comparably longer lock time than hammer-less mechanisms. The Anschütz Fortner action used in biathlon is a good example of an ergonomical straight-pull rifle with good economy of motion and high operating speed.
List of rifle cartridges, by primer type, calibre and name. From left to right: 1.17 Hornady Mach 2, 2.17 Hornady Magnum Rimfire, 3.22 Long Rifle, 4.22 Winchester ...
6.5×52mm Carcano. 6.5×54mm Mannlicher–Schönauer. 7.92×57mm Mauser. 1891. Kingdom of Italy. Dreyse needle gun. Acorn-shaped lead bullet in paper cartridge. 1835. Kingdom of Prussia.
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 optic, and precision rifles used by both military and law enforcement trained snipers and marksmen.