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rifling

helical groovings in the internal (bore) surface of a firearm barrel
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rifling

Summary

rifling ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,583 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • rifling is a type of pattern[2].
  • rifling is part of rifled gun[3].
  • rifling's Commons category is recorded as Rifling[4].
  • rifling's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[5].
  • rifling's described by source is recorded as Sytin Military Encyclopedia[6].
  • rifling's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7].
  • rifling's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].

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Definition and Type

rifling is a type of pattern[2].

Use and Application

rifling is part of rifled gun[3].

Why It Matters

rifling ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,583 views/month).[1] rifling has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Beko · 2026-08-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → rifled gun
    Subclass of → —
    Part of → —
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Sytin Military Encyclopedia, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +1
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|1 */ [[Property:P18]]: Rifling of a cannon (M75; 90mm; y.1891; Austro-Hungarian; exposed in Ljubljana, Slovenia).jpg"
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