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A rifle is a firearm with a stock and a barrel that has a spiral groove or grooves ("rifling") cut into its interior. The rifling produces "lands," areas that make contact with the projectile (usually a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon. When the projectile leaves the barrel, the conservation of angular momentum improves its accuracy and range, in the same way that a properly thrown American football or rugby ball behaves. The word "rifle" originally referred to the grooving, and a rifle was called a "rifled gun."
The origins of rifling are difficult to trace. Archers had long realized that spin produced by the natural curve of feather fletchings gave their arrows greater accuracy. Some of the earliest practical experiments occurred in Europe during the fifteenth century and some early examples used straight grooves. True rifling dates from the mid-15th century, although the precision required for its effective manufacture kept it out of the hands of infantrymen for another three and a half centuries, when it largely replaced the unrifled musket as the primary infantry weapon.
Typically, a bullet is propelled by the contained deflagration of an explosive compound (originally black powder, later cordite, and now nitrocellulose), although other means such as compressed air are used in air rifles, which are popular for vermin control, hunting small game, and casual shooting ("plinking").
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@Varcitykid Rifles was mad fun tho son, i miss those days ...lol
L_G0tttThiS (MiKe_Larry ) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:53:54 -0000
@Varcitykid Rifles was mad fun tho son, i miss those days ...lol
@Varcitykid the Rifles wasnt gettin me to the NFL, it was kind of a waste of time ..lol
L_G0tttThiS (MiKe_Larry ) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:43:49 -0000
@Varcitykid the Rifles wasnt gettin me to the NFL, it was kind of a waste of time ..lol
- I Like Rifles Which Shoot Single, Semi-Automatic Rounds ... Keyword, 'Single' .
NZTheDayWalker (Nurhidayat Zulkifli) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 07:22:23 -0000
- I Like Rifles Which Shoot Single, Semi-Automatic Rounds ... Keyword, 'Single' .
RT @Varcitykid @L_G0tttThiS same ish,tryna see wassup for the nigh...how u after Rifles days? haha.lol jus on my school and work shyt, you ?
L_G0tttThiS (MiKe_Larry ) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:44:29 -0000
RT @Varcitykid @L_G0tttThiS same ish,tryna see wassup for the nigh...how u after Rifles days? haha.lol jus on my school and work shyt, you ?
Playing target alley for shots with the nerf rifles
UNSNLGND (Thatchai Kaewkalya) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 06:34:46 -0000
Playing target alley for shots with the nerf rifles
So off they stroll into the forest. 1 map, 1 compass, no sat phone etc. No knives, rifles, weapons etc. Know occult happens there. Why go?
journojones (journojones) Sat, 02 Jan 2010 05:56:12 -0000
So off they stroll into the forest. 1 map, 1 compass, no sat phone etc. No knives, rifles, weapons etc. Know occult happens there. Why go?
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