A rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves ("rifling") cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon.
There are various types of rifles, most notably the automatic rifle, the bolt-action rifle, the lever-action rifle and the semi-automatic rifle.
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See also
edit- List of weapons
- List of firearms
- List of assault rifles
- List of battle rifles
- List of bolt-action rifles
- List of carbines
- List of shotguns
- List of straight-pull rifles
- List of pump-action rifles
- List of machine guns
- List of multiple-barrel firearms
- List of pistols
- List of semi-automatic pistols
- List of revolvers
- List of sniper rifles