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How are Rifles classified?

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Gurture

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Hunting rifles are classified by the type of action used to feed a cartridge into the chamber. These are:

  • lever action
  • pump action
  • bolt action
  • semiautomatic action

Military rifles are classified as either semi-automatic, or fully automatic.

Some rifles are classified as to the cartridge they shoot.

  • Rim-fire models: Shoot 22 long rifle cartridge's.
  • Center-fire models: Shoot cartridge's that use centered primers, i.e. 30-06, 270, 30-30, etc.)

Bolt action rifles are also classified by the length of the cartridge they shoot.

  • Short action: Uses a cartridge that is 2.8 in. long (.308, .243, 300 savage)
  • Long action: Uses a cartridge that is longer than 2.8 in. (30-06, 270 Win., and magnum cartridge's)
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