Different Types Of Guns

If you are a beginner in the world of guns and shooting, then you should not know so much about the types of guns, so today we will introduce you to several different types of guns.

1. Rifles

The rifle is a firearm designed to be held with two hands and shouldered for support. Technically speaking, a rifle also has a rifled barrel, which imparts spin on the bullet to help it fly straight and true. Virtually every modern rifle has rifling in the barrel, so we don’t really make this distinction anymore.

Modern rifles generally include hunting models (such as the Savage Model 110), modern sporting rifles (such as the Smith & Wesson M&P 15) and competition target rifles (such as the Anschutz).

2. Shotguns

Like rifles, shotguns are two-handed firearms designed to be fired from the shoulder. There are shotguns that use portions of or have entire rifled barrels. Also, a shotgun is designed to fire multiple projectiles at once with a single press of the trigger. But it’s not anything like a machine gun (where projectiles are fired sequentially with a single trigger movement). A shotgun can contain multiple shot pellets in each cartridge or shell, but it doesn’t always. A true shotgun in the technical sense cannot have a barrel shorter than 18 inches.

3. Handguns

As the name implies, handguns are designed to be fired from a single hand, although modern handgun technique usually recommends two-handed operation for stability unless there are specific reasons to use a single hand. There are two major classifications of handguns: pistols and revolvers.

Pistols

The term "pistol" means a weapon originally designed, made and intended to fire a projectile (bullet) from one or more barrels when held in one hand, and having the features: a chamber(s) as an integral part(s) of, or permanently aligned with, the bore(s); and a short stock designed to be gripped by one hand at an angle to and extending below the line of the bore(s).”

Revolvers

A revolver is also a handgun, but the chamber is not permanently integrated or in line with the barrel. Instead, cartridges are stored in chambers bored into a cylinder and rotated into alignment with the barrel as needed.

Here we talked about some types of guns, of course, there are other types you can try to learn more about them.