sporting rifle

  • 1Rifle — 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… …

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  • 2Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort's Own) — Infobox Military Unit unit name= The Rifle Brigade (Prince Consort s Own) caption= Cap Badge of The Rifles dates= 1816 1966 country= United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland allegiance= branch= British Army type= Infantry role= size=… …

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  • 3rifle — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ automatic, bolt action, semi automatic, single shot ▪ high powered ▪ .22, etc. ▪ army …

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  • 4Sporting Shooters Association of Australia — The Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (SSAA) was established in 1948 to promote shooting sports and protect firearm owners interests. The SSAA currently has over 120,000 members, making it the largest body representing licensed firearm… …

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  • 5sporting — adj. Sporting is used with these nouns: ↑achievement, ↑ambition, ↑analogy, ↑calendar, ↑career, ↑celebrity, ↑chance, ↑competition, ↑contest, ↑equivalent, ↑event, ↑ …

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  • 6Ross rifle — Infobox Weapon|is ranged=yes caption= name=Ross type=Rifle origin=Canada era=Modern platform=Individual target=Personnel design date=1903 production date=1903 ? service=1905 1916 used by=Canada, Commonwealth wars=First World War spec type=battle… …

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  • 7Winchester rifle — Infobox Weapon name=Winchester Model 1873 rifle caption= The Gun that Won the West origin=United States type=Rifle is ranged=yes service= used by= USA wars= designer= design date=1873 manufacturer=Winchester Repeating Arms Company unit cost=… …

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  • 8National Rifle Association of the United Kingdom — Motto Sit Perpetuum (May it last forever) Formation 1859 Type Shooting sports Official languages English Website …

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  • 9Lloyd rifle — The Lloyd Rifle was the 1950s brainchild of English deer stalker, rifleman, metallurgist and engineer David Llewellyn Lloyd. His objective was to create a high quality, scope sighted, magazine fed sporting rifle capable of dependably high… …

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  • 10Double rifle — Holland and Holland double rifle in .375 H H Magnum. A double barreled rifle or double rifle is a type of sporting rifle with two barrels instead of one, available in either side by side or over and under barrel configurations. Double rifles are… …

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