Types of Rifles Used for Target Shooting: Practice Tips for the Gun Range

Part of the Video Series How to Target Shoot with Rifles & Pistols

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Learn about the different types of rifles used for target shooting at the gun range in this free online video on improving your aim with target practice.

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Types of Rifles Used for Target Shooting: Practice Tips for the Gun Range
Hi, my name is Chad and we are talking about rifles and pistols- firearms shooting, and we’re just going to generally talk about rifles now. Rifles are long guns; there are various kinds. They all work off different principles on how they get a bullet into what’s called the chamber into the barrel. But basically they’re more accurate than pistols, generally more powerful; they use sighting systems that are similar to pistols, but generally different. But there are different kinds for different uses. But they generally differ only in how they get a bullet from the magazine into the chamber or the barrel. And how they expel that used cartridge and put in a fresh one.

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