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Rifles
Bolt-Action Rifle (BAR)
A modern rifle with a multi-round magazine, such as the French
Lebel, the Austrian Mannlicher, or the German Mauser rifles. Such
weapons have a manually-worked bolt which loads and ejects each
round.
Breech-Loading Carbine (BLC) A shorter-barrel
version of the Breech-Loading Rifle.
Breech-Loading Rifle
(BLR) A single-shot cartridge weapon, typified by the Remington
Rolling Block Rifle, or the British Martini-Henry.
Lever-Action Carbine
(LAC)
A weapon similar to the lever-action rifle, but with a shorter
barrel and often a smaller caliber.
Lever-Action Rifle (LAR)
A modern rifle with a multiple-round magazine, with a
manually-operated lever which ejects the spent round, cocks the
weapon and loads another round.
Long Hunting Rifle (LHR)
A large-bore breech-loading rifle, usually with a longer barrel
(and more accuracy).
Muzzle-Loading Carbine (MLC) Similar to the
Muzzle-Loading Rifle, but with a shorter barrel.
Muzzle-Loading Rifle (MLR) A single-shot weapon in which
the ammunition is loaded into the muzzle or front of the rifle
instead of through a closable breech.
Smoothbore Carbine (SBC) Similar to the
smoothbore musket, but with a considerably shorter barrel.
Smoothbore Musket
(SBM) A primitive muzzle-loader, lacking the
grooves in the barrel (rifling) which give a rifle bullet stability
during its flight. Consequently, the smoothbore musket has a shorter
range and is less accurate than rifled weapons.
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