- 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...
- 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"...
-
effective range. The
class of
firearm was
originally termed the
rifled gun, with the verb to
rifle referring to the
early modern machining process of creating...
- 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...
- GAU-5A/As were
later equipped with even
longer 14.5-inch (370 mm) 1/12
rifled barrels as the two
shorter versions were worn out. The 14.5-inch (370 mm)...
-
fired through a
cylinder bore,
improved cylinder choke,
rifled choke tubes, or
fully rifled bores.
Slugs differ from
round ball lead
projectiles in that...
- of
contract Model 1861
rifled muskets was Colt, who made
several minor design changes in
their version, the "Colt Special"
rifled musket.
These changes...
-
modern firearms (with the
notable exception of
smoothbore shotguns) have
rifled barrels to
impart spin to the
projectile for
improved flight stability....
- 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...
