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Most long guns fall into 2 categories, rifles and shotguns (also refered too as smooth bore). The rifling of a rifle barrel is a serious of grooves within the interior of the barrel itself which causes the projectile to spin whilst in flight, increasing stability and therefore accuracy of the weapon. A shotgun on the other hand is a short range weapon which uses its longer barrel to give increased power to the pellets that are shot out. These long guns use a smooth bore as the pellets tend to jam if there is any kind of obstruction in the barrel and due to the short range and spread of the weapon it is not needed. |
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Most long guns fall into 2 categories, rifles and shotguns (also refered too as smooth bore). The rifling of a rifle barrel is a series of grooves within the interior of the barrel itself which cause the projectile to spin whilst in flight, increasing the stability of the projectile and thus the accuracy and range of the weapon. A shotgun on the other hand is a short range weapon which uses its longer barrel to give increased power to the pellets that are shot out. These long guns use a smooth bore as the pellets tend to jam if there is any kind of obstruction in the barrel and due to the short range and spread of the weapon it is not needed. Other long guns include muskets?, blunerbusses?, wall guns. |
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