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"Rifle From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
A rifle is any long gun which has a rifled barrel. A rifled barrel incorporates two or more helical grooves in its bore which impart a spin upon the projectile (usually a bullet) as it travels down the barrel. The angular momentum thereby imparted to the projectile partially insulates it from certain aerodynamic forces which would otherwise cause it to deviate more substantially from a straight path. The consequent gyroscopic stability allows for much greater accuracy, and therefore, effective range, than would otherwise be attainable through the use of a non-rifled barrel, such as that in a musket or shotgun."


A rifle is a rifle is a rifle.
"Assault" rifles are generally light calibur military rifles such as the AR and AK families.
"Battle" rifles are sometimes segregated off being chambered in heavy rounds (308, 30.06).
However, these categories are both contrived and highly subjective. They, like bolt-actions, singleshots, or semi-auto hunters, are all rifles.

Now I will agree that submachineguns (selectfire and chambered in pistol caliburs) are different. As are machineguns, which could be argued to be distinct from rifles in the conventional understanding of the word by their role (support). There are many firerms that blend these categories, especially as one looks at older examples.

My point is simply that "assault rifles" are rifles.

Now as to the thread starter's intent, I can't say.
If we were only discussing semi-only rifles, I'd say the WA-2000 in 300wm.
If we were only discussing bolt-action rifles, hands down the Steyr scout in 308NATO.

Later,
B.

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