This group collects the Small Arms And Sidearms subcategory's shoulder-fired, long-barreled small arms: rifles and carbines of every action type and era, from flintlock and bolt-action service rifles through modern select-fire assault rifles and purpose-built sniper and anti-materiel rifles. With 219 attested members this group is itself split into four subtype groups (assault rifles, semi-automatic and battle rifles, sniper and designated marksman rifles, and bolt-action and historic rifles) rather than listing every rifle directly, so a reader reaches any individual rifle through its own narrower type instead of one very long flat list. The group carries no direct members of its own; every rifle or carbine in this subcategory belongs to exactly one of its four child groups.
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1. Wikipedia: Rifle
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Some of the earliest examples of European grooved gun barrels were reportedly manufactured during 1440, and further developed by Gaspard Kollner of Vienna c. 1498, although other scholars allege they were a joint effort between Kollner and Augustus Kotter of Nuremberg c. 1520.
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