Gun safety
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Gun safety is the study and practice of managing risk when using, handling, transporting, storing and disposing of firearms, air guns, and ammunition in order to avoid injury, illness, or death.
A yellow flag demonstrates the rifle's bolt is open and the breech is clear.
Firearm handling safety poster
Example of safe firearm handling. The firearm is pointed at the ground and the handler's finger is off the trigger.
Gun safes for private firearms at a courthouse.
Rifle
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A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting, distinguished by having a barrel cut with a helical or spiralling pattern of grooves. Most rifles are designed to be held with both h
Common military rifles from the mid-to-late 20th century of various types and configurations, displayed at the National Firearms Museum in Virginia, United States. Top to bottom: FAMAS, vz. 52 rifle, CAR-15, M40, SVD rifle, RK 62, and AKMS.
Names of parts of the M1 Garand rifle, World War II era, from US Army field manual
Rifling in a .35 Remington microgroove rifled barrel
Girdled bullet and twin rifle groove of the Brunswick rifle, mid-19th century