rifling
Speech parts
1. rifling - Noun
2. rifling - Verb
Meaning
of Rifle
The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel.
The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon.
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An attempt to create a 55-grain SS109-style Semi-Armor-Piercing round that weighed the same as the M193 and could use the same US-standard 1-in-12-inch rifling.
All cast lead bullets, whether with or without a gas check, must still be lubricated, to prevent leading of the rifling of the barrel.
A rifle is so named for the spiral fluting ( rifling ) carved into the inner surface of its barrel, which imparts a self-stabilizing spin to the single bullets it fires.
Although rifling had been tried on small arms since the 15th century, the necessary machinery to accurately rifle artillery was only available by the mid-19th century.
As this is a different approach from the lands and grooves paradox rifling, it allows both companies to diversify their product line in the event of a potential paradox rifle ban.
Barrel rifling was invented at the end of the fifteenth century, but was only employed in large cannons.