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Arifle was a type of firearm that was generally larger and more powerful than apistol. Rifles could also fire at greater range than pistols, but required the shooter to wield the weapon with both hands in order to use it properly.[1] Rifles varied in size and power from the popularblaster rifle, to the less-usedslugthrower rifle, to the powerfullight repeating blaster. Another type of rifle was thesniper rifle, which was used to fire at targets at long range. Sniper rifles often had abipod andtargeting scope to aid in targeting at extreme distances.[2]
Amodel ofsniper rifle used byassassinZam Wesell
Many rifles had a switch that enabled the shooter to switch firing modes from single-shot mode to autofire mode, that is, rapid automatic fire.[1] A few rifles were only able to fire in autofire mode such as theheavy assault blaster rifle[3] and thelight repeating blaster.[1] Someblaster rifles had a switch that enabled the shooter to switch to a non-lethalstun damage setting, however the range was extremely limited within approximately 9 meters.[1]
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