Rifle

A rifle is a firearm that uses a spiral groove cut into the barrel to spin a projectile (usually a bullet), thus improving accuracy and range of the projectile. It is the same principle that causes an American football to be more accuate when thrown correctly. Examples of non-rifled firearms are shotguns and muskets.

See also

• firearm
• pistol
• shotgun
• machine gun
• rifling
• rifle range
• gun safety
• sniper
• rifle grenade
• list of rifle cartridges

Kinds of rifles

• air rifle
• automatic rifle
• assault rifle
• anti-materiel rifle
• battle rifle
• carbine
• musket
• repeating rifle
• recoilless rifle
• sniper rifle
• long rifle
• plasma rifle
• list of sniper rifles
• list of assault rifles