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Rifling

Rifling Meaning & Definition
Rifling Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rifling?

[n] the cutting of spiral grooves on the inside of the barrel of a firearm

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rifling: grooving

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See Also | formation | shaping

Rifling In Webster's Dictionary

\Ri"fling\, n. (a) The act or process of making the grooves in a rifled cannon or gun barrel. (b) The system of grooves in a rifled gun barrel or cannon. {Shunt rifling}, rifling for cannon, in which one side of the groove is made deeper than the other, to facilitate loading with shot having projections which enter by the deeper part of the grooves.

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