carbines
Compact cavalry firearms
Carbines are short-barreled rifles, lighter and more compact than standard infantry rifles.
Originally designed for cavalry soldiers who needed weapons manageable on horseback, carbines remain popular for their ease of handling in close quarters: The officer carried a carbine rather than a full-length rifle.
Modern carbines serve police, military, and civilian shooters who value portability.
Firearm cycling mechanism
- boltThreaded rod for nuts
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- receiverOne who accepts transmission
- stockGoods kept for sale
trigger · chamber · semi-automatic · magazine · caliber · cartridge · breech · muzzle
Long-barreled shoulder weapon
- cavalryMounted military force
- infantryGround combat troops
- firearmProjectile weapon using explosives
- soldierArmed forces member
ammunition · musket · weapon · battalion · sling · patrol · combat · troops
Pursuing wild game
- targetObject of pursuit
- plinkingRecreational informal shooting
- rangeExtent of variation
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
marksmanship · shooting · scope · accuracy · lightweight · compact · recreational · varmint
lever-action
Firearm cycling mechanism
stock · trigger · chamber · semi-automatic · magazine · caliber · cartridge · breech · muzzle · sight
rifle
Long-barreled shoulder weapon
soldier · ammunition · musket · weapon · battalion · sling · patrol · combat · troops · armory
hunting
Pursuing wild game
competition · marksmanship · shooting · scope · accuracy · lightweight · compact · recreational · varmint · practice
cavalry
Mounted military force
- musketoonShort-barreled cavalry firearm
- dragoonCavalryman or browbeat
- flintlockFlint-sparked firearm mechanism
percussion · Civil War · horseback · mounted · saber · holster · saddle · colonial · frontier · sharps
- firearmsrifle, pistol, handgun, shotgun, revolver
- weaponsknife, gun, sword, swords, rifle
- armsguns, rifles, pistols, swords, firearms
- cavalrycavalry, cavalryman, cavalry brigade, cavalry charges, cavalry officer
- cavalry gearsaddles, saddle, bridle, bridles, spurs
- cavalry tacticscavalry charge, cavalry charges, cavalry raids, flanking, flank attack
carbinesartillery
Large-caliber battlefield weapons
sniper rifles · howitzers · mortars · cannons · siege weapons
- M4 carbineShortened military rifle variant