air rifle
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The first gold medal of Paris 2024 is likely to be shooting’s mixed team air rifle.
From BBC • Jul. 24, 2024
Radke said he ordered Tovar to stop and talk to him, and Tovar produced what he thought at first was a shotgun, but later turned out to be an air rifle.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2024
A highlight is the discussion of a novel, multishot air rifle that Meriwether Lewis and William Clark brought on their continental expedition.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2023
He also said the office “is currently in possession of the air rifle and the eagle.”
From Washington Times • Mar. 6, 2023
A shot from an air rifle, almost silent.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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