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...ally [[break open]] designs. Unlike double barrelled shotguns and double rifles, where single selective or double triggers are used to allow rapid firing o ...e variety of game could be encountered. A combination such as the .450-577 British service cartridge and a 12 gauge shotgun was common.

...per_craig_harrison_the_silent_assassin_breaks_record_kills_target_fro.html British sniper Craig Harrison (The Silent Assassin) breaks record, kills target fro ...5A1 rifles.jpg|thumb|right|Royal Marines snipers with L115A1 rifles. These rifles are similar to the L115A3 used by Harrison but outfitted with Schmidt & Ben

...witch barrel rifles and some rifle owners reported ΔL problems with those rifles. These problems can also occur with other European made rifle brands. *[[.303 British]]

...inly employed for targets at ranges of about 1,400 metres (1,530 yd) using rifles with larger ammunition while DMs are utilized for targets at ranges of up t ... infantryman and a [[sniper]] and as such so-called '''designated marksman rifles''' (DMRs) have been developed with this middle ground in mind.

...monly used throughout Europe in the 1600's, it gained popular favor in the British and Dutch military. .... Later flintlocks would contain no such catch.<ref>Blackmore, Howard L. British Military Firearms, 1650-1850. Greenhill Pr, 1994.</ref>

...ls of [[recoil]]. Because of their ability to fire two quick shots, double rifles are often used for the hunting of dangerous game in Africa, and formerly, a ...loy two separate triggers to fire each barrel, however, some modern double rifles have been built with one single trigger, which enables the shooter to fire

...p://www.paradestore.com/detail.aspx?ID=415 DrillAmerica™ Rifle - Replica Rifles - Military Gear | Parade Decorations]</ref>; the Daisy replica M1903A3 Spri ...fle No 4 Mk I]], which is used mainly by the British Army Cadet Force. The rifles are clearly labelled with a white band around the stock and the butt of the

...on was to make a larger gun. The largest bore guns in common use (and bore rifles with the advent of breech loading and rifling in the late 1800s) included t === Nitro Express rifles ===

==Work with rifles== An admirer of the old British [[double rifle]]s, Keith had numerous examples in his collection. He used t

...y produced more severe wounds than the then previous .45 [[Martini-Henry]] British service round. ...many]] provided evidence of severe expansion in flesh based on analysis of British hunting (not military) rounds. This provided a competitive advantage for th

<ref>John Henry Walsh (1871). ''British Rural Sports, Comprising Shooting, Hunting, Coursing, Fishing, [etc.]''. Fr The term '''''express''''' was first applied to hunting rifles and ammunition beginning in the middle 1800s, to indicate a rifle or ammuni

...ono-metal rods, but they often have to be fired from custom made full bore rifles with special barrels<ref>[http://www.lima-wiederladetechnik.de/Englisch/LM- ...hot. Ballistic tables for small calibre projectiles (fired from pistols or rifles) assume that gravity is acting nearly perpendicular to the bullet path. If

...would soon be renamed and normalized into the army under the name the 95th Rifles Regiment of Foot. By [[1810]], four British battalions, two each of the 95th and 60th Regiments, and several companies

...during jumps. At Crete, long-range rifle fire from dug-in [[United Kingdom|British]] defenders (largely [[New Zealand]]ers from 5 Brigade's 22nd Battalion) in ...iant that would ultimately be accepted into production as the FG 42. Fifty rifles were fabricated by Rheinmetall-Borsig for evaluation purposes by the end of

...including one in [[bullpup]] configuration, chambered for their new [[.280 British]] calibre intermediate cartridge. After evaluating the single bullpup proto ...presented the redesigned FN rifle and the British [[EM-2]], both in [[.280 British]] calibre, to the [[United States]] for comparison testing against the favo

[[Image:M249 FN MINIMI DM-ST-91-11997.jpg|thumb|right|A British soldier from the Queen's Dragoon Guards fires L108A1 version of the Minimi ... pistol grip was initially copied directly from the [[FN FAL|FAL]] and FNC rifles, currently a modified grip with lateral grooves is used, installed at a sma

The [[United Kingdom|British]] [[.303 British|.303]] Browning aircraft machine gun introduced in the late 1930s and used ===Rifles===

...[Baker rifle|design]] was chosen and he was given an initial order for 800 rifles.

|cartridge= [[.303 British]] ([[7.70×56 mm R]])<br>[[.280 Ross]] ...' was a [[Bolt action#Other designs|straight-pull]] [[bolt action]] [[.303 British|.303 inch]]-[[calibre]] [[rifle]] produced in [[Canada]] from 1903 until 19

|caption= British Ferguson rifle |service= British Army 1776