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rifle range
(redirected from rifle ranges)

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rifle range
n
(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) an area used for target practice with rifles
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Noun1.rifle range - the distance that a rifle bullet will carryrifle range - the distance that a rifle bullet will carry; "the target was out of rifle range"
reach, range - the limits within which something can be effective; "range of motion"; "he was beyond the reach of their fire"
2.rifle range - a range where people can practice shooting rifles; "during the war they turned the bowling alleys into rifle ranges"
range - a place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds; "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"; "any good golf club will have a range where you can practice"
Translations
rifle range n (Mil) → poligono di tiro; (at fair) → tiro a segno


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The DEP is familiar with rifle ranges all over the state and the Environmental Protection Agency is familiar with rifle ranges all over the nation.
The number of schools introducing rifle ranges for pupils has surged since ministers backed shooting sports last year, say gun groups.
The woman was walking her pet within the rifle ranges, along Hayes Lane, Whittington, near Lichfield, when the incident happened.
 
 
 
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