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...e by the late 19th century, as [[cartridge]] [[breechloading]] [[repeating rifle|repeater]]s superseded them. However, rifled muskets were the most common w ...ted muskets, eventually losing the arms race to the West by 1750. When the rifle was invented in the West, the musket lost its status as the dominant weapon

...ake] in the NRA Firearms Glossary</ref>. Muzzle brakes are very useful for combat and timed competition shooting, and are commonly found on rifles firing ver ... firearm in the opposite direction of recoil. On the [[AK-47|AKM]] assault rifle, the brake is angled slightly to the right to counteract the sideways movem

...nate detonator discs in a small magazine. Cocking the hammer automatically advanced a disc into position. ...diameter (standard sizes are 0.175 inches and 0.210 inches for handgun and rifle cartridges).

... infantry rifle designs were shortened such as in the [[Lee-Enfield|SMLE]] rifle. ... reference document ''Smalls Arms Strategy 2000'', which defines the APDW (Advanced Personal Defense Weapon).

One form of it is detailed in Lt. Col. Baron De Berenger's 1835 book on rifle and pistol shooting. :Chap. 2, Sect. II, US Army Field Manual 23-25, ''Combat Training With Pistols & Revolvers''

{{rifle |type= [[assault rifle]]

...resents a reticle found in the scope of a Russian [[SVD rifle|SVD]] sniper rifle.]] ...r precise alignment of a device which, in our case, usually means a scoped rifle. Crosshairs are most commonly represented as intersecting lines in a "+" sh

...ball behaves. The word "rifle" originally referred to the grooving, and a rifle was called a "rifled gun." Rifles are used in warfare, hunting and [[shoot ...se the word "gun" to mean a rifle. Furthermore, in many works of fiction a rifle refers to any weapon that has a [[stock]] and is shouldered before firing,

...les and to be used by all infantrymen. A similar device is the [[Advanced Combat Optical Gunsight]]. [[Image:SA-80 rifle stripped 1996.jpg|thumb|right|An L85A1 field stripped with SUSAT.]]

{{rifle |type= [[Battle rifle]]

...n modern forces, this is typically a highly versatile and rugged [[assault rifle]] suitable for use in nearly all theatres and environments. Service rifles ...ely considered 'service weapons' in the truest sense, certain specialist [[rifle]]s and [[submachine gun]]s are categorized as such if issued as per standar

...g]] or [[10 m Air Pistol|10&nbsp;m&nbsp;Air&nbsp;Pistol]]/[[10 m Air Rifle|Rifle]]. ...pational Safety and Health, Publication No. 2009-136. April 2009.</ref> To combat this, it is commonly recommended to "double up" ear protection at indoor ra

...large number of projectiles makes the shotgun useful as a [[close quarters combat]] weapon or a [[defensive weapon]]. Shotguns are also used for target shoot ...tury, shotgun-type weapons were largely replaced on the battlefield with [[rifle]]s, which were more accurate over longer ranges. The decline in military us

...lution has also shown up in small arms, particularly the [[Advanced Combat Rifle]] (ACR) program. The ACR "rifles" used smoothbore barrels to fire single o

... of small scope between these forces. In general, a skirmish was a limited combat, involving troops other than those of the main body.<ref name="civilwar">[h ...me people even called it sniping when a handgun was used; the term 'sniper rifle' was considered very "scary sounding" and was very effective in inciting fe

...mb|The [[M40 rifle|M40]], United States Marine Corps standard-issue sniper rifle.]] ...of many countries, including those of Britain and Germany (picture shows a rifle of the German Army).]]

...roduced at the armory from 1794 to 1968 were referred to as "[[Springfield rifle]]s". The other major gun manufacturing center was the [[Harpers Ferry Armo ...urned two wheels: a friction wheel that followed the contours of the metal rifle pattern, and the cutting wheel that imitated the movements of the friction

...r section. Typically the ammunition used is interchangeable with [[assault rifle]]s carried by other members of the unit,<ref>[http://www.mil.fi/maavoimat/k ...ng a limited magazine capacity, was still higher than the typical infantry rifle, and it gave the infantry a base of fire weapon that was more suited to man

{{rifle |type= [[Assault rifle]]

...ld War II, who favored the newly-designed [[High Standard HDM]] [[.22 Long Rifle]] pistol. "Wild Bill" Donovan, director of the OSS, demonstrated the pisto ...rifle suppressor, showing expansion chamber "reflexed" (going back around) rifle barrel, and four baffles. Diffractor and baffles are carefully shaped to d