Rook rifle
![An 1892 advertisement for rook and rabbit rifles by the Charles Lancaster company.](/Images/godic/202502/08/Charles_Lancaster_rook_rabbit_rifles_1892_advertisement1924.png")
A rook rifle is an English single-shot dropping block or break-action small calibre rifle for shooting rooks and rabbits, developed in 1883 by the gun-makers Holland & Holland. The original rifle was .295 bore, with an 80 grain bullet, but slightly larger bores of .300 and .320 were also made at the time.