Hunting rifles and sporting rifles that have a rifled barrel, from which a single so-called "bullet" is fired, are called rifles. The crucial part of these is the rifle barrel, which consists internally of so-called lands and grooves that give the projectile the necessary stability in its flight path through a spin, allowing it to hit accurately even at long distances. In hunting, especially over-and-under shotguns and side-by-side shotguns are used. For shooting sports, there are specially adapted sporting shotguns. Especially in the USA, semi-automatic shotguns are very popular.
Shotguns have smooth barrels and are designed for shot shooting. Rifles, on the other hand, are designed for bullet shooting and have rifled barrels. Optical differences that immediately catch the viewer's eye: shotguns are usually longer than rifles and have much thicker barrels than rifles. A shotgun in the most common shot caliber 12 has an inner barrel diameter of 18.53 mm, while the other calibers that are still significantly widespread, 16 and 20, have inner barrel diameters of 16.84 and 15.63 mm - even the extremely rare and extremely large hunting caliber .416 Rigby has "only" a bullet diameter of 10.54 mm.
Like all firearms, rifles come in various price ranges. Used rifles in reasonable condition can be found for under 500 euros, while new models start at around 1000 euros, with no upper limit.
Rifles come in various forms. In addition to the very common bolt-action rifles, there are also more specialized rifle forms such as double rifles, over-and-under double rifles, and break-action rifles. Also, small caliber rifles are used in shooting sports as well as in hunting.
The caliber generally refers to a size specification regarding the outer diameter of projectiles in relation to rifle ammunition. However, the cartridge or ammunition type is often referred to as caliber as well.
For example: In the caliber 7 x 64, the projectile has a diameter of about 7 mm, and the length of the cartridge case (without the projectile) is 64 mm.
The number of different rifle calibers runs into the hundreds, with most firearm manufacturers limiting themselves to a selection of about twenty calibers.
New and used rifles can be purchased either from the gunsmith / firearms dealer of your choice or online. On Gunfinder.de, you can quickly find the ideal rifle for you thanks to intelligent filters and great offers.
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