A smoothbore weapon is one which has a barrel without rifling. Smoothbores range from handheld firearms to powerful tank guns and large artillery mortars. The majority of shotguns are smoothbores and the term can be synonymous. ==History of firearms and rifling== Early firearms had smooth barrels, and fired projectiles with no significant spin. Th... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoothbore
Smooth'bore` adjective (Gun.) Having a bore of perfectly smooth surface; -- distinguished from rifled . -- noun A smoothbore firearm. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/129