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Rifle

Rifle meaning

A firearm fired from the shoulder; improved range and accuracy is provided by a long, rifled barrel. | A rifleman. | An artillery piece with a rifled barrel.

Example sentences (20)

A prime early example of a sword bayonet-fitted rifle is the British Infantry Rifle of 1800-1840, later known as the " Baker Rifle " (to this day, no matter what length of the bayonet, British rifle regiments "fix swords").

Morrow lived in Rifle for most of his young life and went to Rifle High School, back when it was called Rifle Union High School.

People's Republic of China The AK-47 assault rifle was copied by China as the Type 56 assault rifle and include an integral folding spike bayonet, similar to the SKS rifle.

Youth rifle A youth rifle is a rifle designed or modified for fitting children, or small-framed shooters.

He handed the rifle to the sheriff to examine who thereupon leveled the rifle, covered them, told them who he was and stated that he wanted them both.

Perhaps the best Scout Rifle for this is the Doom of Chelchis, a Void Scout Rifle that has a great Origin Trait, as well as perk rolls like Explosive Payload and Dragonfly.

This Exotic is a fusion rifle that fires like an auto rifle.

A sniper rifle is of little use in close quarters so Steve left his long range rifle hidden behind a cactus plant and crawled toward a Chinese sentry.

However, the Burst Assault Rifle is undoubtedly a heavy hitter, sporting a higher possible damage output than the Assault Rifle at all rarities if each burst shot hits its mark.

Hunting rifles on display from Merkel will include the Helix Speedster, Helix Black, the K5 single-shot rifle, the Jaeger 10 bolt-action rifle, Anschütz hunting rifles, and over-and-under-barrelled rifles.

The deputies then reportedly searched the car and confiscated the rifle, which they discovered was an assault rifle with a Novesky lower and an illegally-shortened Daniel Defense upper.

The engagement also led to the recovery of one AK-47 rifle, one G3 rifle, and 9 motorbikes,” Army said.

Freshman Mattias Kiuru's personal best air rifle score of 597 was not enough to push the Racers past Kentucky in the annual Long Rifle Match.

He is expected to face trial for hunting during the closed season, carrying and using an automatic rifle not approved for hunting and using a forbidden rifle scope for hunting, said Burrows.

The M79 had a short and stubby barrel, and perhaps there was some way to mount a grenade launcher under the new M16 rifle, specifically in front of the magazine well and parallel to the rifle barrel.

The Model 700 is also a popular platform for civilian precision rifle shooters looking for an accurate, easily customizable rifle.

While heavier than a rifle, a single Red Army soldier could still carry and operate it—much like the Bren, Lewis or the American Browning Automatic Rifle.

After all, many soldiers are have said to prefer the M14 to the M16 during the Vietnam War, and the rifle has been described by as a “phoenix” rising again and again when the U.S. military needed a rifle that could fire the larger 7.62mm NATO round.

After bad experiences with the FN FAL, the Israelis looked at the AK rifle when they were designing their next service rifle, the in 5.56×45 NATO.

Authorities said they found a loaded rifle, 150 rounds of rifle ammunition and books on bomb-making in Bayon’s home and a storage garage.