long rifle

How to use long rifle in a sentence

• I was close behind the bull, when Tiger flew past it and gave it a bullet from his long rifle near the neck.

  The Backwoodsman | Various

• We packed our boat again, and Tiger laid his long rifle on the top, though we dissuaded him from doing so.

  The Backwoodsman | Various

• At the door of each log cabin, as solidly built as a little fort, a hunter was cleaning a long rifle.

  Erskine Dale--Pioneer | John Fox

• The position of his long rifle belied his words, but the youth did not look behind.

  John Ermine of the Yellowstone | Frederic Remington

• The door was suddenly opened, and there entered two stout travellers, each with a long rifle on his shoulder.

  Audubon and his Journals, Vol. 2 | Maria R. Audubon