Carbines in a sentence

The disadvantages of carbines relative to rifles include inferior long-range accuracy and a shorter effective range (when referring to carbines of the same power and class as the rifle).

These weapons can be considered carbines, while rifles with barrels longer than 20 inches are generally not considered carbines unless specifically named so.

Almost all Wilson’s troopers carried seven-shot Spencer breech-loading carbines.

It is also worth noting that Arnold Schwarzenegger, though restricted to paltry carbines and sharpened sticks in Predator, rocked a similar system in Terminator 2: Judgement Day as an effective anti-aircraft weapon.

They include, inter alia, revolvers and self-loading pistols, rifles and carbines, sub-machine guns, assault rifles and light machine guns.

We had carbines, but we never used them.

Chief executive officer of municipal alliance G21 Elaine Carbines dismissed fears a Labor-dominated region posed a threat to democracy.

Even during the ten-year so-called “assault weapons ban,” Colt continued to sell modified versions of its original AR-15 design, and the absence of foreign competitors for this very popular category of carbines will be a boon for Colt.

In addition, the short, thin carbines were very easy to handle and easy to get in and out of a squad car with.

While some rifles produced by these firms are relatively vanilla, such as the “Black Label” Oberland Arms offerings, which resemble early M4 Carbines, other firms produce rifles with free-float rails similar to the latest competition and combat rifles.

As long guns, pistol-caliber carbines may be less legally restricted than handguns in some jurisdictions.

Carbines are also common in law enforcement and among civilian owners where similar size, space and/or power concerns may exist.

Carbines, like rifles, can be single-shot, repeating-action, semi-automatic or select-fire/fully automatic, generally depending on the time period and intended market.

Carbines were usually less accurate and less powerful than the longer muskets (and later rifles) of the infantry, due to a shorter sight plane and lower velocity of bullets fired from the shortened barrel.

Carbines without a stock and not originally manufactured as a rifle are not classified as rifles or short barreled rifles.

Conversely, many rifles have barrels shorter than 20", yet aren't considered carbines.

Development of lighter assault rifles continued, matched by developments in even lighter carbines.

During the early 19th century, carbines were often developed separately from the infantry rifles and, in many cases, did not even use the same ammunition, which made for supply difficulties.

In spite of the short barrels of the new assault rifles, carbines variants like the 5.45×39mm AKS-74U and Colt Commando were being developed for use when mobility was essential and a submachine gun wasn't sufficiently powerful.

It is a modern myth that they were armed with multi-shot repeating carbines.