rifle
Noun
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subtypes:
- carbine - light automatic rifle
- garand, garand rifle, m-1, m-1 rifle - a semiautomatic rifle
- precision rifle, sniper rifle - an extremely powerful rifle developed for the military; capable of destroying light armored vehicles and aircraft more than a mile away
- winchester - a shoulder rifle
has:- bolt - a sliding bar in a breech-loading firearm that ejects an empty cartridge and replaces it and closes the breech
- pump action, slide action - action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun; a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round
- rifle butt - the butt end of a rifle
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