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Rifle range   /rˈaɪfəl reɪndʒ/   Listen
Rifle range

noun
1.
The distance that a rifle bullet will carry.  Synonym: rifle shot.
2.
A range where people can practice shooting rifles.





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"Rifle range" Quotes from Famous Books



... sick of these here parades, it's want of a change that kills A-charging the Randwick Rifle Range and aiming at Surry Hills. And I think if I go with the ambulance I'm certain to find a show, For they have to send the Medical men wherever the troops ...
— Rio Grande's Last Race and Other Verses • Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson
... pursuers drew within fair rifle range, Will handed the reins to the lieutenant, swung round in his seat, and fired ...
— Last of the Great Scouts - The Life Story of William F. Cody ["Buffalo Bill"] • Helen Cody Wetmore
... insurgence of vermin, or, what was queerer, venerable church towers conspicuously fitted with a mechanical scream. There were little red-painted refuge huts and garrison shelters, each with its 300-yard rifle range, where the riflemen practised daily with soft-nosed ammunition at targets in ...
— The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth • H.G. Wells


Words linked to "Rifle range" :   reach, range


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