Rifle (SLASH'EM) - Revision history

Umbire the Phantom: /* Strategy */ pothoel

2026-03-28T22:38:26Z

‎Strategy: pothoel

Umbire the Phantom: details, revise origin, etc.

2025-09-08T16:20:27Z

details, revise origin, etc.

Umbire the Phantom: FCU pass

2025-09-08T14:33:19Z

FCU pass

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2025-09-08T13:19:49Z

Umbire the Phantom moved page Rifle to Rifle (SLASH'EM) without leaving a redirect: disambig

Umbire the Phantom: pothole

2025-08-28T05:45:46Z

pothole

Ion frigate: Expand a little - I know we aren't a firearms wiki, but I think it's worth mentioning that the technology is considerably older than most people think

2023-02-21T06:56:54Z

Expand a little - I know we aren't a firearms wiki, but I think it's worth mentioning that the technology is considerably older than most people think

Ion frigate: expanded, added infobox

2022-10-09T10:27:51Z

expanded, added infobox

Gus Van: +description

2018-09-16T09:02:11Z

+description

Gus Van: +Category:SLASH'EM items

2018-04-29T11:31:02Z

+Category:SLASH'EM items

Prometheus77: created

2013-04-26T16:49:57Z

created

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 ==Strategy==
-While rifles have a fantastic maximum range of 22 squares, which is the second-longest of all firearms behind the sniper rifle, it is very rare for a hero to shoot at targets more than half that distance away. Furthermore, as a two-handed firearm with a negative rate of fire, rifles are much less attractive for a mass majority of use cases compared to assault rifles or [[Submachine gun (SLASH'EM)|submachine guns]].
+While rifles have a fantastic maximum range of 22 squares, which is the second-longest of all firearms behind the sniper rifle, it is very rare for a hero to [[shoot]] at targets more than half that distance away. Furthermore, as a two-handed firearm with a negative rate of fire, rifles are much less attractive for a mass majority of use cases compared to assault rifles or [[Submachine gun (SLASH'EM)|submachine guns]].
 ==Origin==

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 {{for|the weapon in dNetHack and its derivatives|rifle (dNetHack)}}
-A '''rifle ''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]], [[SpliceHack]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. The rifle is a [[two-handed]] [[launcher]] that uses the [[firearms]] [[skill]] and is designed for use with [[Bullet (SLASH'EM)|bullets]]. It is made of [[iron]].
+A '''rifle ''' is a type of [[weapon]] that appears in [[SLASH'EM]], [[SpliceHack]], [[SlashTHEM]] and [[Hack'EM]]. The rifle is a [[two-handed]] [[launcher]] that uses the [[firearms]] [[skill]] and is designed for use with [[Bullet (SLASH'EM)|bullets]]. It is made of [[iron]]. In Hack'EM, it appears as a "[[broken crossbow]]" when unidentified, similar to [[Rifle (dNetHack)|the item]] in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]].
-In Hack'EM, it appears as a "[[broken crossbow]]" when unidentified, similar to [[rifle (dNetHack)|the item]] in [[dNetHack]], [[notdNetHack]] and [[notnotdNetHack]].
+Two other "rifle" weapons exist in the same variants as the standard rifle: the [[Assault rifle (SLASH'EM)|assault rifle]] and the [[Sniper rifle (SLASH'EM)|sniper rifle]].
 ==Generation==
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 ===Rate of fire===
-The impact of a rifle's [[enchantment]] and the hero's firearms skill on its rate of fire is detailed in the table below:
+The impact of a rifle's [[enchantment]] and the [[hero]]'s firearms skill on its rate of fire is detailed in the table below:
 {| class="prettytable"
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 ==Strategy==
-Owing to their two-handed nature and low rate of fire, rifles are generally not useful.  They do technically have one of the longest ranges of any firearm (22, only exceeded by the sniper rifle at 25), but it is rare to be shooting at a target more than 10 or so squares away.
+While rifles have a fantastic maximum range of 22 squares, which is the second-longest of all firearms behind the sniper rifle, it is very rare for a hero to shoot at targets more than half that distance away. Furthermore, as a two-handed firearm with a negative rate of fire, rifles are much less attractive for a mass majority of use cases compared to assault rifles or [[Submachine gun (SLASH'EM)|submachine guns]].
 ==Origin==
 {{wikipedia|Rifle}}
-The term ''rifle'' refers to a firearm that has had spiral grooves cut in the barrel.  When a bullet is fired, it expands and molds to these grooves, thereby imparting to that bullet a spin which significantly increases its accuracy.  This technology has existed since the early 16th century, but early muzzle-loading rifles were rarely used in a military setting, since they were far slower to load and far more expensive to produce than contemporary smoothbore (non-rifled) muskets.  By the mid-1800s, industrial fabrication processes made rifled barrels practical to mass-produce, while the prior invention of breech-loading firearms meant that rifled weapons were no longer slower to load than their smoothbore cousins.  As a result, the rifle soon became ubiquitous in armies of the time.
+A rifle is a long-barreled firearm designed for accurate shooting, distinguished by having a barrel cut with a helical or spiraling pattern of grooves (referred to as "rifling"). The invention of rifling separated such firearms from the earlier smoothbore weapons (e.g., arquebuses, muskets, and other long guns), greatly elevating their accuracy and general effectiveness. The class of firearm was originally termed the "rifled gun", with the verb "rifle" referring to the early modern machining process of creating grooves with cutting tools.
-Given their appearance on soldiers who also carry weapons such as [[assault rifle]]s and [[grenade]]s, it seems likely the rifles in SLASH'EM are some type of mid-20th century semi-automatic service rifle, such as the M1 Garand.
+Most rifles are designed to be held with both hands and braced against the shoulder via buttstock for stability. Like all typical firearms, a rifle's projectile (bullet) is propelled by the contained ignition of the propellant compound within the projectile, originally using black powder; nitrocellulose and other smokeless powders are the standard for most modern rifles, although other means of propulsion are used such as compressed air, which is designed for air rifles used in vermin control, small game hunting, competitive target shooting and casual sport shooting (plinking). The raised areas of a barrel's rifling are called lands, and they make contact with and exert torque on the projectile as it moves down the bore, imparting a spin; when the projectile leaves the barrel, this spin persists and lends gyroscopic stability to the projectile due to conservation of angular momentum, increasing accuracy and hence effective range.
 ==References==

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-A rifle is a [[firearm]] introduced in [[SLASH'EM]]. A [[two-handed]] gun with low rate of fire that usually shoots single [[Bullet (SLASH'EM)|bullets]] at enemies, it is often found on [[soldier]]s.
+{{for|the weapon in dNetHack and its derivatives|rifle (dNetHack)}}
 {| class="prettytable"
 !Enchantment
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 ==Strategy==
 Owing to their two-handed nature and low rate of fire, rifles are generally not useful.  They do technically have one of the longest ranges of any firearm (22, only exceeded by the sniper rifle at 25), but it is rare to be shooting at a target more than 10 or so squares away.
 ==Origin==
+{{wikipedia|Rifle}}
 The term ''rifle'' refers to a firearm that has had spiral grooves cut in the barrel.  When a bullet is fired, it expands and molds to these grooves, thereby imparting to that bullet a spin which significantly increases its accuracy.  This technology has existed since the early 16th century, but early muzzle-loading rifles were rarely used in a military setting, since they were far slower to load and far more expensive to produce than contemporary smoothbore (non-rifled) muskets.  By the mid-1800s, industrial fabrication processes made rifled barrels practical to mass-produce, while the prior invention of breech-loading firearms meant that rifled weapons were no longer slower to load than their smoothbore cousins.  As a result, the rifle soon became ubiquitous in armies of the time.
 Given their appearance on soldiers who also carry weapons such as [[assault rifle]]s and [[grenade]]s, it seems likely the rifles in SLASH'EM are some type of mid-20th century semi-automatic service rifle, such as the M1 Garand.
-[[Category:SLASH'EM items]]
+==References==

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+A rifle is a [[firearm]] introduced in [[SLASH'EM]]. A [[two-handed]] gun with low rate of fire that usually shoots single [[Bullet (SLASH'EM)|bullets]] at enemies, it is often found on [[soldier]]s.
 ==Rate of fire==

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 ==Origin==
-The term ''rifle'' refers to a firearm that has had spiral grooves cut in the barrel.  When a bullet is fired, it expands and molds to these grooves, thereby imparting to that bullet a spin which significantly increases its accuracy.  Given their appearance on soldiers who also carry weapons such as [[assault rifle]]s and [[grenade]]s, it seems likely the rifles in SLASH'EM are some type of older semi-automatic service rifle, such as the M1 Garand.
+The term ''rifle'' refers to a firearm that has had spiral grooves cut in the barrel.  When a bullet is fired, it expands and molds to these grooves, thereby imparting to that bullet a spin which significantly increases its accuracy.  This technology has existed since the early 16th century, but early muzzle-loading rifles were rarely used in a military setting, since they were far slower to load and far more expensive to produce than contemporary smoothbore (non-rifled) muskets.  By the mid-1800s, industrial fabrication processes made rifled barrels practical to mass-produce, while the prior invention of breech-loading firearms meant that rifled weapons were no longer slower to load than their smoothbore cousins.  As a result, the rifle soon became ubiquitous in armies of the time.
 [[Category:SLASH'EM items]]

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-A rifle is a [[firearm]] introduced in [[SLASH'EM]]. It is often found on [[soldier]]s. A two-handed gun with low rate of fire that shoots single bullets at enemies.
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	==Rate of fire==		==Rate of fire==

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		+	==Rate of fire==
		+	{\| class="prettytable"
		+	!Enchantment
		+	!Unskilled/basic
		+	!Skilled
		+	!Expert
		+	\|-
		+	\| +2 or lower
		+	\| 1
		+	\| 1
		+	\| 1
		+	\|-
		+	\| +3 to +5
		+	\| 1
		+	\| 1
		+	\| 1d4-2 (min 1)
		+	\|-
		+	\| +6 to +8
		+	\| 1
		+	\| 1d4-2 (min 1)
		+	\| 1d5-2 (min 1)
		+	\|-
		+	\| +9
		+	\| 1d4-2 (min 1)
		+	\| 1d5-2 (min 1)
		+	\| 1d6-2 (min 1)
		+	\|}