hunting rifle
Deer hunter's weapon
A hunting rifle is a firearm designed for shooting game animals.
Hunting rifles typically feature longer barrels for accuracy at distance and come in calibers suited to particular prey—smaller for varmints, larger for deer or elk.
Distinguished from military rifles by their sporting purpose and from shotguns by their rifled barrels: He inherited his grandfather's hunting rifle.
- bolt-actionManual rifle mechanism
- stockGoods kept for sale
- barrelHooped cylindrical vessel
- triggerWhat initiates action
- shootingDischarging a weapon
stalking · bipod · tracking · deer stand · scope · iron sights · bag limits · cartridges · lever-action · ammunition · gun safe · cleaning kit · firearm · open carry · bolt · semi-automatic · game animals · suppressors
- huntingtracking, deer calls, stands, flushing, pursuit
- big game huntingantelope, pronghorn, rifles, arrows, arrow
- Huntersbowhunter, nimrod, archer, fowler, falconer
- ranged weaponsbow and arrow, crossbow, longbow, pistol, gun
- air gunsair pistol, BB gun, pellet gun, airsoft gun, underlever
- deer huntingwhitetail, buck, hind, doe, red deer
hunting rifleassault weapon
Military-derived firearm for civilians
service weapon · tactical rifle · sniper rifle · battle rifle
hunting riflebare hands
Ungloved, unequipped extremities
fists · non-lethal weapon · taser · pepper spray · tranquilizer gun
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