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Smoothbore refers to a firearm or cannon which does not have a rifled barrel.
History of firearms and rifling
Early firearms had smooth barrels, and fired projectiles with no significant spin. These projectiles had to be stable shapes, such as finned arrows or spheres, to minimize tumbling during flight. However, spherical bullets do tend to rotate randomly during flight, and the Magnus effect means that even a relatively smooth sphere will curve when rotating on any axis not parallel to the direction of travel (see knuckleball for an example of intentional random tumbling).
Rifling imparts a spin to the projectile, which stabilizes it and prevents it from tumbling. This does two things; first, it increases the accuracy of the projectile by eliminating the random drift due to the Magnus effect, and second, it allows longer, heavier bullets to be used from the same diameter barrel, increasing range and power (see external ballistics). In the 18th century, the standard infantry arm was the smoothbore musket; by the 19th century, rifled barrels became the norm, increasing the power and range of the infantry weapon signficantly.
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Shotguns and Smoothbores :: Guns
Shotguns and Smoothbores :: Guns
Co Gunmakers - Traditional Scottish gunmaking firm, specializing in buying, selling and repairing British shotguns and rifles.
Sons (Gunmakers) Ltd - Manufacturers of Fine Quality Guns, Specialists in all Shooting Equipment, Fishing Tackle Country Clothing.
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Sons Ltd - Designers and builders of finest English style shotguns and sporting firearms.
Armeria Tucci - Italy. Workshop making personalized shotguns and also dealer for Beretta, Benelli, and Perazzi firearms.
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Caesar Guerini - Italian manufacturer of Over and Under, Shooting, and Semi-automatic shotguns. Features company profile, available products, and forms for information requests and owners manuals.
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Fabarm - Offers information about over and under, side by side, pump action, and semi-automatic shotguns made in Italy by this organization.
Meta Description: [ Fabarm SpA italian made hunting shotguns, shooting rifles and law enforcement guns. Fabarm SpA Travagliato Brescia Italy ]
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Falco - Features fine shotguns made by this Italian firm. In Italian and English.
Meta Description: [ our production of small gauges hunting arms and combined,
rifles, Winchester, carabine, side by side, single barrel, over and under, hunting shotguns, colt and accessories ]
Famars di Abbiatico and Salvinelli - De-luxe shotguns and rifles made to client's specifications. Side-by-side and over and under for competition, hunting and big game.
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Luciano Bosis - Features a wide range of engraving styles and fine wood. Over and under and side-by-side shotguns are shown.
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Meca Evanix - Offering a variety of handmade stocks.
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Mossberg - Shotguns and accessories made by this firm are discussed as well as information about discontinued models and parts.
Meta Description: [ O.F. Mossberg & Sons, Inc. ]
Piotti F. Fratelli - Side-by-side as well as over/under hunting and collector's shotguns, are made to each customer's specifications
Meta Description: [ Piotti F.lli, side-by-side as well as O/U hunting and collector's shotguns are made to each customer's specifications ]
Rimrock - Competition and camouflage hunting stocks made of fiberglass.
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Rink Formgriffe - Custom target grips using computer aided design and machining (CAD/CAM). Site is in German and English.
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Rossi Firearms - U.S. homepage for Rossi shotguns.
Shooter's Emporium - Offers custom stocks made from a variety of different woods.
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Silma - SILMA - shotguns and rifles: over and under, side-by-side, express for competition and hunting - fucili a canna liscia e rigata per caccia e tiro.
SKB Shotguns - Quality, innovation, and affordability since 1885.
Yildiz Shotgun - Manufacturer and exporter of semi-automatic shotguns from Turkey. Includes models available, company profile, and contact information. Also available in Turkish.
