Assertion: rifle | /r/CapableOf | start to gain popularity
Facets:
value: with the civilian shooting population
type: OTHER
value: with both the military
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Once these rifles started to gain popularity with both the military and the civilian shooting population, the mechanical improvements that made them possible began to be implemented in other firearms designs — firearms with fixed, relatively small capacity magazines now had the same basic operating mechanism as an AK-47 running the firearm, for example.