smoothbore
Americanadjective
noun
noun
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(modifier) (of a firearm) having an unrifled bore
a smoothbore musket
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such a firearm
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Origin of smoothbore
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The Leopard 2 is a third-generation German-made main battle tank with a 120mm smoothbore cannon that has been in service since 1979.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
Rheinmetall AG, a German defense contractor that makes the 120mm smoothbore gun on the Leopard 2, says the tank has been deployed by “more nations than any other.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 23, 2023
The tank weighs more than 60 tons, has a 120mm smoothbore gun and can hit targets at a distance of up to five km.
From Reuters ● Jan. 13, 2023
This was the muzzle-loading Springfield Model 1861, which could shoot two or three rounds a minute—slower than the smoothbore muskets of the Revolutionary War, but with longer range and greater accuracy.
From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2019
After Pendleton and Van Ness loaded the pistols, which were smoothbore and took a quite large .54-caliber ball, Pendleton whispered to Hamilton, “Should I set the hair-trigger?”
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
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