A shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
A rifle is a rifle is a rifle. As long as it isn't an NFA (National Firearms Act) restricted, or "Class 3" weapon, such as a fully automatic machine gun, or class 2 weapons, which includes short...
A carbine is generally a rifle with a shorter barrel to make it easy to carry or to use indoors or from inside vehicles. (Example: M16 rifle; M4 carbine. Same basic weapon except one barrel is...
".303 British" is usually used to denote a caliber, as opposed to a specific firearm. Perhaps the most famous rifle in that caliber was the SMLE, which is the abbreviation for Short, Magazine, Lee...
Rifles can be rechambered, if the rounds are the same caliber. You'd do this to change cartridges of the same caliber.
Rifles can also be rebarreled. You'd do this to change calibers and...
Neither: They both serve their own purpose. You would not use either one to do the others purpose. A sniper rifle is used to engage long range targets at a very low rate of fire, Commonly used to...