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repeating rifle — repeating rifle, a rifle that fires several shots without reloading; repeater … Useful english dictionary
Repeating rifle — A repeating rifle is a single barreled rifle containing multiple rounds of ammunition. These rounds are loaded from a magazine by means of a manual or automatic mechanism, and the action that reloads the rifle also typically recocks the firing… … Wikipedia
repeating rifle — ▪ firearm also called Repeater, firearm designed for use with a magazine of cartridges, each of which is fed into the chamber or breech by lever or bolt action or other means. Before the invention of the cartridge that contained powder,… … Universalium
Spencer repeating rifle — Type Manually cocked Lever Action Rifle Place of origin … Wikipedia
Rifle — 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… … Wikipedia
rifle — I n carbine, shoulder firearm, shotgun, fowling piece, muzzleloader, repeating rifle, magazine rifle, Ordn. breechloader, petronel; musket, blunderbuss, matchlock, harquebus; gun, shooting iron, flintlock, firelock, fusil. II v 1. ransack, sack,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
rifle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. gun, firearm; piece, carbine, automatic rifle; [sub]machine gun; chassepot, culverine, needle gun; flintlock, wheel lock, matchlock. See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. Types of rifles include: Albini… … English dictionary for students
repeating — /rəˈpitɪŋ/ (say ruh peeting) adjective of or relating to a rifle or firearm capable of discharging a number of shots without reloading …
Winchester 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=… … Wikipedia
Winchester Repeating Arms Company — The Winchester Repeating Arms Company was a prominent American maker of repeating firearms during the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. TOC =Early history= =Predecessors= The ancestor of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company was the… … Wikipedia
