- rifled bore gun
- Mil. [Police] fusil à canon rayé
English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance. Jean-Daniel Katz. 2010.
English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance. Jean-Daniel Katz. 2010.
bore — bore1 boreable, borable, adj. /bawr, bohr/, v., bored, boring, n. v.t. 1. to pierce (a solid substance) with some rotary cutting instrument. 2. to make (a hole) by drilling with such an instrument. 3. to form, make, or construct (a tunnel, mine,… … Universalium
Rifled breech loader — A rifled breech loader (RBL) is a large artillery piece which, unlike the smooth bore cannon and rifled muzzle loader (RML) which preceded it, has rifling in the barrel and is loaded from the breech at the rear of the gun.The spin imparted by the … Wikipedia
Gun — This article is about the projectile weapon. For other uses, see Gun (disambiguation). Smith Wesson Military and Police revolver … Wikipedia
rifled — adjective Having a spiral on the interior of a gun bore to make a fired bullet spin in flight to improve range and accuracy. Ant: smoothbore, unrifled See Also: rifle … Wiktionary
rifled — adjective make spiral grooves in (a gun or its barrel or bore). → rifle … English new terms dictionary
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Armstrong Gun — The Armstrong Gun is a type of large rifled gun first manufactured in England in 1855. It was designed by Sir William Armstrong and manufactured by the Elswick Ordnance Company and the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich.HistoryIn 1854 Armstrong approached … Wikipedia