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  2. Polygonal rifling - Wikipedia

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    Conventional eight groove rifling on the left, and octagonal polygonal rifling on the right. Polygonal rifling (/ p ə ˈ l ɪ ɡ ə n əl / pə-LIG-ə-nəl) is a type of gun barrel rifling where the traditional sharp-edged "lands and grooves" are replaced by less pronounced "hills and valleys", so the barrel bore has a polygonal (usually hexagonal or octagonal) cross-sectional profile.

  3. Rifling - Wikipedia

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    Rifling of a 105 mm Royal Ordnance L7 tank gun Conventional rifling of a 90 mm M75 cannon (production year 1891, Austria-Hungary) Rifling in a GAU-8 autocannon. Rifling is the term for helical grooves machined into the internal surface of a firearms's barrel for imparting a spin to a projectile to improve its aerodynamic stability and accuracy.

  4. ArmaLite AR-50 - Wikipedia

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    The barrel is thick and rigid to prevent it from flexing. All AR-50 barrels use 1:15 right hand rifling. The receiver features Armalite's octagonal design, strengthening the receiver against flexing. The receiver is bedded to the V-shaped stock, while the barrel is free-floated above the forend. The three-piece AR-50 stock is constructed from ...

  5. Marlin Firearms - Wikipedia

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    Marlin Model 70P "Papoose", a lightweight, magazine-fed, .22 LR carbine with a detachable barrel; it is designed to be taken down for easy transport while camping, backpacking, etc. Marlin Model 795, a .22 LR semi-automatic rifle. Marlin Model 700, a .22 LR semi-automatic rifle, similar to the Model 795, but has a heavy tapered target barrel

  6. Caliber (artillery) - Wikipedia

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    The distance across the bore from groove to groove is greater than the distance from land to land. Projectiles fired from rifled barrels must be of the full groove-to-groove diameter to be effectively rotated by the rifling, but the caliber has sometimes been specified as the land-to-land diameter before rifling grooves were cut.

  7. Rifled musket - Wikipedia

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    Springfield Model 1861 rifle musket Pattern 1853 Enfield rifle musket. A rifled musket, rifle musket, or rifle-musket is a type of firearm made in the mid-19th century. . Originally the term referred only to muskets that had been produced as a smoothbore weapon and later had their barrels replaced with rifl

  8. Freebore - Wikipedia

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    Closeup of chamber throat depicting relationship between freebore diameter, rifling groove diameter, and land diameter. The chamber is the rearmost portion of a firearm barrel that has been formed to accept a specific handgun/rifle cartridge or shotgun shell. [5]

  9. M16 rifle - Wikipedia

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    The rifle itself is offered in two variants: the S-5.56 A1 with a 19.9-inch barrel and 1:12 pitch rifling (1 turn in 305 mm), optimized for the use of the M193 Ball cartridge; and the S-5.56 A3 with a 20-inch barrel and a 1:7 pitch rifling (1 turn in 177, 8 mm), optimized for the use of the SS109 cartridge.