Rifle

Common rifles from the mid-to-late 20th century of various types and configurations, displayed at the National Firearms Museum in Virginia, United States. From top to bottom: FAMAS, vz. 52 rifle, CAR-15, M40, SVD rifle, RK 62, and Type 56.

A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting and higher stopping power, with a barrel that has a helical or spiralling pattern of grooves (rifling) cut into the bore wall.[1][2][3] In keeping with their focus on accuracy,[4] rifles are typically designed to be held with both hands and braced firmly against the shooter's shoulder via a buttstock for stability during shooting. Rifles have been used in warfare, law enforcement, hunting and target shooting sports.

The term was originally rifled gun, with the verb rifle referring to the early modern machining process of creating grooves with cutting tools. By the 20th century, the weapon had become so common that the modern noun rifle is now often used for any log-shaped handheld ranged weapon designed for well-aimed discharge activated by a trigger.

Like all typical firearms, a rifle's projectile (bullet) is propelled by the contained deflagration of a combustible propellant compound (originally black powder and now nitrocellulose and other smokeless powders), although other propulsive means are used, such as compressed air in air rifles, which are popular for vermin control, small game hunting, competitive target shooting and casual sport shooting (plinking).[citation needed]

The distinct feature that separates a rifle from the earlier smoothbore long guns (e.g., arquebuses, muskets) is the rifling within its barrel. The raised areas of a barrel's rifling are called lands; they make contact with and exert torque on the projectile as it moves down the bore, imparting a spin. When the projectile leaves the barrel, this spin persists and lends gyroscopic stability to the projectile due to conservation of angular momentum, increasing accuracy and hence effective range.[citation needed]

  1. ^ "Friedrich Engels. The History of the Rifle. Ende Oktober 1860 bis 18. Januar 1861", Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels: Werke, Artikel, Entwürfe, Oktober 1859 bis Dezember 1860, De Gruyter, pp. 1008–1010, 31 December 1984, doi:10.1515/9783050076119-127, ISBN 978-3-05-007611-9, retrieved 25 May 2024
  2. ^ "Friedrich Engels. On Rifled Cannon. 1. Hälfte März 1860", Karl Marx / Friedrich Engels: Werke, Artikel, Entwürfe, Oktober 1859 bis Dezember 1860, De Gruyter, pp. 898–901, 31 December 1984, doi:10.1515/9783050076119-093, ISBN 978-3-05-007611-9, retrieved 25 May 2024
  3. ^ Shafer, Matt (2023). "Rifle Theory: Engels and the History of Technology". Political Theory. 51 (4): 597–617. doi:10.1177/00905917231155277. ISSN 0090-5917.
  4. ^ Hardcastle, J. H. (1912). "The Rifle: A Weapon of Precision". Royal United Services Institution. Journal. 56 (413): 973–984. doi:10.1080/03071841209420035. ISSN 0035-9289.

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