Rifle Definition–noun | 1. | a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory. | | 3. | a cannon with such grooves. | | 4. | (often initial capital letter ) rifles, any of certain military units or bodies equipped with rifles. | –verb (used with object) | 5. | to cut spiral grooves within (a gun barrel, pipe, etc.). | | 6. | to propel (a ball) at high speed, as by throwing or hitting with a bat. | |
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Scope Definition–noun | 1. | extent or range of view, outlook, application, operation, effectiveness, etc.: an investigation of wide scope. | | 2. | space for movement or activity; opportunity for operation: to give one's fancy full scope. | | 3. | extent in space; a tract or area. | | 4. | length: a scope of cable. | | 6. | Linguistics, Logic. the range of words or elements of an expression over which a modifier or operator has control: In “old men and women,” “old” may either take “men and women” or just “men” in its scope. | | 7. | (used as a short form of microscope, oscilloscope, periscope, radarscope, riflescope, telescopic sight, etc.) | –verb (used with object) | 8. | Slang. to look at, read, or investigate, as in order to evaluate or appreciate. | —Verb phrase | 9. | scope out, Slang. | a. | to look at or over; examine; check out: a rock musician scoping out the audience before going on stage. | | b. | to master; figure out: By the time we'd scoped out the problem, it was too late. | | |
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... with handling a rifle. Excellent mounts are available from S&K Scope Mounts and Darrell Mounts (See my article How to Install a Scope on you MN...
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Springfield Armory's Close, Fast Shooter
Military.com - Found Dec. 2, 2008
... the walnut-stock, iron-sighted battle rifle in ... with the sidesaddle scope mounts. For long range precision shooting, the sidesaddle mounts ...
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Jamestown Sun - Found Dec. 19, 2008
... had the sights removed since you used it, the barreled action rust-blued, new scope and mounts installed, and the rifle restocked in AAA grade...
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... in machining, DNZ Products makes some of the most installation-friendly rifle scope mounts available. Dednutz scope mounts are produced with...
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OpticsPlanet, Inc. Announces Partnership with DNZ Products
PRWeb - Found Nov. 10, 2008
... in machining, DNZ Products makes some of the most installation-friendly rifle scope mounts available. Dednutz scope mounts are produced with...
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Gunmaker's "Inaugural Special"
Huffington Post - Found Nov. 6, 2008
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