- of
imparting a spin to a projectile, so a
rifled barrel has a non-circular cross-section.
Typically the
rifled barrel contains one or more
grooves that...
-
hunting and
target shooting sports. The term was
originally rifled gun, with the verb
rifle referring to the
early modern machining process of creating...
- that were
rifled so that they
could fire a new type of
bullet that
greatly enhanced both its
accuracy and range.
These "
rifled muskets" or "
rifle muskets"...
- A muzzle-loading
rifle is a muzzle-loaded
small arm that has a
rifled barrel rather than a smoothbore, and is
loaded from the
muzzle of the
barrel rather...
- few
rifled pieces available. A
number of
these guns were
rifled to fire the 3.67 in (93 mm)
caliber James projectile.
These are
classified as "
rifled 6-pounder...
-
fired through a
cylinder bore,
improved cylinder choke,
rifled choke tubes, or
fully rifled bores.
Slugs differ from
round ball lead
projectiles in that...
- A
rifled muzzle loader (RML) is a type of
large artillery piece invented in the mid-19th century. In
contrast to
smooth bore
cannon which preceded it,...
- A
rifled breech loader (RBL) is an
artillery piece which,
unlike the
smoothbore cannon and
rifled muzzle loader which preceded it, has
rifling in the...
-
caliber percussion lock
rifled musket.
Springfield Model 1863 – .58
caliber percussion lock
rifled musket. Single-shot
rifle:
Springfield Model 1865 –...
- The M14
rifle,
officially the
United States Rifle,
Caliber 7.62 mm, M14, is an
American battle rifle chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. It became...
