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The atlatl, one of the "newest" popular primitive hunting weapons. The most popular hunting weapons during antiquity were the bow and the spear. [8] During pre-history, prior to the invention of the bow, the most popular was arguably the atlatl; archaeological finds of atlatls have occurred on all continents except Antarctica. Today, however ...
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 projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon.
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Stick and staff weapons (1 C, 11 P) U. Underwater hunting equipment (2 P) Pages in category "Hunting equipment" The following 49 pages are in this category, out of 49 ...
Name Image Cartridge(s) Year Country of origin 35M rifle: 8x56mmR 7.92x57mm Mauser: 1935 Kingdom of Hungary Kb wz. 98a: 7.92x57mm Mauser: 1936 Poland Kbk wz. 29: 7.92x57mm Mauser
Pages in category "Hunting rifles" The following 54 pages are in this category, out of 54 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 1792 contract rifle; B.
Piercing weapons consisted of both short and long-range weapons. They were used for hunting and combat. Spears were used by the Native Americans to thrust and strike their enemies or the animals they were hunting. The spears were made of a short blade or tip, made from stone, and attached to the end of a long wooden handle or shaft.
The Schöningen spears are a set of ten Palaeolithic wooden weapons that were excavated between 1994 and 1999 from the 'Spear Horizon' in the open-cast lignite mine in Schöningen, Helmstedt district, Germany. The spears are among the oldest hunting weapons discovered and were found together with animal bones and stone and bone tools. Being ...