The modern rifle is considered a descendant of the musket, a large caliber smoothbore weapon for infantry use. By 1550, the musket had become the most important weapon in Europe, because the ammunition was easier to load and the destructive power was...

A firearm having rifling in the bore and designed to be fired from the...

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 grooves are called "lands," which make contact with the...

The use of rifles by police officers is as old as the use of shotguns. Anyone remember the .351 Winchester Self Loader? Every police museum has one of these Dillinger-era rifles. Remember the .30 MI Carbine? This surplus military arm was widely used in...

As the world of American law enforcement shrinks, officers confronted by violent criminals will need a more effective tool than the handgun. Many people believe that hostage negotiators or non-lethal weapons can solve most problems. When the well-- armed criminal is actively committing or...

A 15-year-old boy used a World War II-era sniper rifle to fatally shoot a deputy and critically wound another outside his southern Indiana home, authorities said Tuesday.The teen, Tyler Dumstorf, had shot the deputies Monday evening and was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot early...

It was a ricochet nearly 50 years in the making. At age 8, Terry Jackson gave up his prized .22-caliber Winchester short-barrel rifle to get his grandmother a washer. Recently, the 57-year-old got the gun back through a series of chance encounters...