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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 projectile (for small arms usage, called a bullet), imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the orientation of the weapon. When the projectile leaves the barrel, the conservation of angular momentum improves accuracy and range, in the same way that a properly thrown American football or rugby ball behaves. The word "rifle" originally referred to the grooving, and a rifle was called a "rifled gun." Rifles are used in warfare, hunting and shooting sports. Typically, a bullet is propelled by the contained deflagration of an explosive compound (originally black powder, later cordite, and now nitrocellulose), although other means such as compressed air are used in air rifles, which are popular for vermin control, hunting small game, and casual shooting ("plinking"). These are the top ten combat rifles ever!
| 1. | AK-47; I don't own one and don't plan on it and I really don't care for the rifle. But, history has proven this a THE combat rifle for the last century |
| 2. | M16; I train with this rifle and own an AR15. It has a purpose, but I won't consider taking it into combat. |
| 3. | Lee-Enfield SMLE; I own several versions of this rifle and it is effective. |
| 4. | M1 Garand; I own one and have done some heavy plinking with this rifle. It was a major advance over the previous combat rifles. |
| 5. | FN FAL; I own this rifle and the FN 49 I really like this rifle and this is one of personal choices for a combat rifle. |
| 6. | Mauser M98; Great rifle! I own several and have all most every version. |
| 7. | Steyr AUG; I don't own one and haven't shot one. There seems to be little history and I don't feel it has proven itself to be a 10 top combat rifle. I feel its only real claim to fame is that it is the 1st bull pup rifle used by a military. |
| 8. | 1903 Springfield; Great Rifle! It’s a Mauser!! |
| 9. | Sturmgewehr 44; I don't own one. I would love to. I haven't shot one. I seen and heard it shoot. I think it is on the wrong list. This should be on the top ten machine guns. Not combat rifles. |
| 10. | M14; Great rifle. Limited use!! Not in service very long. |
| 11. | Mosin Nagant 1891/30; Used by poorly trained Soviets and held off the Great German War machine. This is not a great rifle, but has a place in history. |
| 12. | HK G3; I own one. This is the Mercedes of the combat rifles! This rifle set the standard for combat rifles for the last century. |
| 13. | M1 Garand; The rifle set the standard for combat rifles for the 1st half of the last century. |
| 14. | SKS; Decent rifle. It equipped most communist countries for the 1st half of the last century. Easily used for lesser trained soldiers. |
| 15. | Tokarev SVT-40; Good Rifle. I like mine. It is accurate, reliable, and fun to shoot. This rifle beat back the German war machine. |
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