Quick Answer of the Week: What the heck is a “Carbine”?
Sometimes, you’ll hear someone refer to a gun as a “carbine” (official pronunciation: car-bean). What is it?
Carbines are pretty much all guns that are between handguns and rifles. Rule of thumb: if the barrel length is shorter than 18-20 inches but bigger than a handgun, it’s a carbine. The most common examples you’ll find are the AK47 and AR-15. Submachine guns are also considered carbines.
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