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...s are firing from muskets. Reconstruction from period of Thirty Years' War battle.]] ...anese invasion of Korea in the 1590s ordered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. At the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600, nearly 20,000 muskets were used, comparable to if no

* Davidson, Osha Gray. ''Under Fire: The NRA and the Battle for Gun Control'', 2nd ed. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1998. ISBN

...ing for maximum point blank range is also referred to in the military as ''Battle Zero''. Soldiers are instructed to fire at any target within this range by * Nosworthy, Brent. ''Battle tactics of Napoleon and his enemies''. Constable and Co. Ltd, 1995 ISBN 0-0

...iginally referred to the grooving, and a rifle was called a "rifled gun." Rifles are used in warfare, hunting and [[shooting sports]]. ...ellulose]]), although other means such as compressed air are used in [[air rifles]], which are popular for vermin control, hunting small game, and casual sho

...ese Colonel Amazawa, who experimented with rifle fired grenades during the Battle of Port Arthur in the Russo-Japanese War, and the idea was further used by ... launcher|M203]] attached to [[M16 rifle|M16]]/[[M4 Carbine|M4]]-family of rifles).

...ish officers purchased the Adams privately and the gun proved its worth in battle during the Crimean War. ...rmoury's dominant figure and his revolver, together with a large number of rifles, were sold to the Confederate government which became the armoury's princip

...gh of Enfield, now part of north London, which produced [[British military rifles]], [[muskets]] and swords from 1816. It closed in 1988, but some of its wor ...ngineers. The workforce increased to 1000, and by 1860 an average of 1,744 rifles were produced per week.

...M1 Carbine]], the SKS is shorter and less powerful than the semi-automatic rifles which preceded it — most notably, the Soviet [[SVT-40|SVT]] series and th ... drum magazines). The SKS also has a slightly longer barrel than AK-series rifles, with a fractionally higher muzzle velocity.

|type= [[Battle rifle]] ...а) is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[semi-automatic rifle|semi-automatic]] [[battle rifle]], which saw widespread service during and after [[World War II]].

|type= [[Semi-automatic rifle|Semi-automatic]] [[battle rifle]] (L1A1/C1A1)<br />[[Light machine gun]] (L2A1/C2A1) |variants= L1A1/C1/C1A1 <small>(Rifles)</small><br />L2A1/C2/C2A1 <small>([[Squad automatic weapon|SAWs]])</small>

... rifle]] suitable for use in nearly all theatres and environments. Service rifles are also often selected for their upgradability (e.g. the addition of under ...e battlefield, with the muskets being phased out. Originally, these combat rifles were single-shot muzzleloading weapons, but as technology advanced through

...tary disasters when shells failed to explode, most notably during the 1916 Battle of the Somme. ...ange of shells and shot could be used, changing the adaptor in the heat of battle was highly impractical. The APCNR was superseded by the APDS design which w

...or and possibly restricted to certain types of guns, e.g. handguns only or rifles only, or they can specialize in certain shooting sports such as [[Skeet sho ...many indoor ranges restrict the use of certain more powerful [[calibers]], rifles, or [[fully-automatic]] weapons. In many shooting ranges [[.50 BMG|50 cali

... long range fire, out to perhaps 1000 metres in the first smokeless powder rifles. Since less powder was needed to propel a bullet, the [[cartridge]] could ...] which eventually became known as [[Cordite]], leading to a lengthy court battle between Nobel and the other two inventors over alleged British patent infri

...032.JPG|thumb|left|260px|Replica of "Twin Sisters" smoothbores used in the Battle of San Jacinto.]] ... arms, particularly the [[Advanced Combat Rifle]] (ACR) program. The ACR "rifles" used smoothbore barrels to fire single or multiple [[flechette]] per round

...a highly trained soldier who specializes in shooting targets with modified rifles from very long distances. They're also adept in stealth, camouflage, infilt ...http://www.boomershoot.org/general/ScaryWords.htm Assault Weapons - Sniper Rifles] Joe Huffman, February 7, 2008</ref>­<ref>[http://science.howstuffworks.co

...r.jpg|thumb|The [[Accuracy International]] Arctic Warfare series of sniper rifles is standard issue in the armies of many countries, including those of Brita ...ate manufacturing, allowed armies to equip specially-trained soldiers with rifles that would enable them to deliver precise shots over greater distances than

...acteristics superior to the "trapdoor" Springfield and [[Krag-Jørgensen]] rifles carried by the United States troops. On [[August 15]], [[1900]], Springfiel ...fle]] to help aid American troops. These, along with the additional 47,251 rifles produced by the Rock Island Arsenal and the weapons already in service, wer

...cal submachine gun while the term carbine is used to refer to short, light rifles. The "Carbine, Machine" element of the designation resulted from the Britis The Sten emerged while Britain was engaged in the Battle of Britain, facing invasion by Germany. The army was forced to replace weap

The AUG was designed as a family of rifles that could be quickly adapted to a wide variety of roles with the change of ...nally threaded to take a [[Blank-firing adaptor|blank-firing attachment]]. Rifles equipped with 407 mm (16.0 in) and 508 mm (20.0 in) barrels are able to lau