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hunting rifle
A rifle is a long-barrelled firearm designed for accurate shooting, with a barrel that has a helical pattern of grooves (rifling) cut into the bore wall. In keeping with their focus on accuracy, rifles are typically designed to be held with both hands and braced firmly against the shooter's shoulder via a buttstock for stability during shooting. Rifles are used extensively in warfare, self defense, law enforcement, crime (most notably assassinations), hunting, and shooting sports.
The term was originally rifled gun, with the verb rifle referring to the early modern machining process of creating groovings with cutting tools. By the 20th century, the weapon had become so common that the modern noun rifle is now often used for any long-shaped handheld ranged weapon designed for well-aimed discharge activated by a trigger (e.g., personnel halting and stimulation response rifle, which is actually a laser dazzler).
Like all typical firearms, a rifle's projectile (bullet) is propelled by the contained deflagration of a combustible propellant compound (originally black powder, later cordite, and now nitrocellulose), although other propulsive means such as compressed air are used in air rifles, which are popular for vermin control, small game hunting, competitive target shooting and casual sport shooting (plinking).
The distinct feature that separates a rifle from the earlier smoothbore long guns (e.g., arquebuses, muskets) is the rifling within its gun barrel. The raised areas of a barrel's rifling are called lands, which make contact with and exert torque on the projectile as it moves down the bore, imparting a spin around its longitudinal axis. When the projectile leaves the barrel, this spin persists and lends gyroscopic stability to the projectile due to conservation of angular momentum, preventing yawing and tumbling in flight. This allows the use of more elongated and aerodynamically efficient bullets (as opposed to the spherical balls used in smoothbore muskets) and thus improves range and accuracy.
Are you aware of production, bolt-action hunting rifles that come with a faster-than-standard twist rate in the barrel? For example, 1:8" in a 7mm barrel, rather than the standard 1:9.5"? I'm aware of two: the Barrett Fieldcraft and the Browning X-Bolt Pro Long Range. If you know of others...
HS Precision 6.5 CM as new in box with all papers. factory test fired and barrel break in only. 60 rds.
Pro Series 2000 action 26in 10x fluted #2 contour .65in 1:9 twist bbl. Std 13.5 lop.
factory options:
Green tan camo paint
Grey cerakote
Threaded muzzle brake & cap
Decelerator pad
Extra...
I have a pre 64 model 70 30-06 in great shape. There is some finish wear, but zero rust and the bore is awesome. The stock is in really good shape as well especially for something made in 1961. I thought it was going to be my backup hunting rifle (brush gun as opposed to my scoped rifle). I am...
Has anyone had experience with the H&K 770 rifles? They are a .308 / 7.62㎜ sporting rifle produced back in the day. I'm not up on all things H&K, but the traditional styling, the chambering, and the 4 and 10-round magazines are interesting. The one I'm looking at on an auction site has some...
*SOLD!*
8 months old and well taken care of. Less than two hundred rounds fired through it.
This is a sub MOA carbon fiber masterpiece. Made in Utah. 18inch, hand-lapped (from factory) match barrel. Carbon fiber barrels last considerably longer than traditional, much stiffer, and dissipates...
Yes, it is true, They reeled in a scoped Remington 700 rifle, with ammo still in the gun:
Father, son reel in rifle from Kennebec River - Portland Press Herald
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Im wanting to sell or trade my rifle.
Synthetic stock (has been painted)
In good condition
Redfield Wide Angle Scope
Trades: Will consider all gun trade offers. May consider a decent trailer to haul my quad.
Eugene/Veneta
$400
I am considering a new light (not too light) hunting rifle. I have narrowed the caliber down to the new 6.5 Creedmoor, so I know what I want in that regard. Just wanted some input from some members here on what they think is a good rifle, any experience you might have with a particular rifle as...
So, my wife's grandfather would like to gift us his hunting rifle. It is, from what I heard, a 1960s-vintage Winchester 70 in .300 Winchester Magnum. Grandpa, however, is a resident of Wisconsin, not Oregon. My wife's father and mother, both Oregon residents, will be traveling to Wisconsin...
Every forum has to have the "What 3 rifles would you pick for your hunting rifle battery" thread. I'm not sure why its always 3, but for tradition and the sake of brevity, we'll stick to 3. What 3 rifles do you or would you have to do all of your favorite hunting?
I only hunt for rockchucks...
I have a Savage Axis 30-06 Bolt Action rifle with a Tasco World Class Optic with very clear glass and detachable mag.
comes with 20 rounds of ammo
541-606-4589
$300
Will trade for:
Open to all gun trade offers or Partial cash and gun trades.
wil also trade a few of my guns for a nice 4x4...
not sure if this belongs here or in gunsmithing......
i handload 30-06 for my brothers hunting rifle, a savage 111 trophy hunter xp(rifle has MAYBE 50-60 rounds thru it). when we were sighting in, he had a fail to fire aka a misfire/dud. i told him keep it down range for a bit and once we felt...
FN TSR .308 with 20 inch fluted barrel
250 rounds through it
Bi Pod included
Asking $850 US OBO
Optic is **NOT** included but I may part with it for the right price, I am hoping to use it for something else in the future, but I kind of need some cash now.
Cash is preferred, but will consider...