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
Sniper rifle
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A sniper rifle is a high-precision, long-range rifle. Requirements include high accuracy, reliability, mobility, concealment, and optics, for anti-personnel, anti-materiel and surveillance uses by mil
The bolt-action 7.62×51mm M24 Sniper Weapon System is capable of 0.5 MOA accuracy to maximal effective range of about 800 meters. The M24 was the United States Army standard-issue sniper rifle from 1988 to 2010.
German sniper aiming his Karabiner 98k with 4×36 Zeiss ZF39 telescopic sight.
Vietnam War era sniper rifles, US Army XM21 (top) and USMC M40 (bottom)
U.S. Marine Corps SRT sniper team with an M24 sniper rifle, during sniper training