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    The L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle (SLR), also known by the initial Canadian designation C1, or in the U.S. as the "inch pattern" FAL, is a British version of...
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  • A self-loading rifle or autoloading rifle is a rifle with an action using a portion of the energy of each cartridge fired to load another cartridge. Self-loading...
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    The .351 Winchester Self-Loading (.351 SL /.351 WSL) or 8.9x34mmSR is an American rifle cartridge designed in 1906. Winchester introduced the .351 SL...
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  • Mexico's first self-loading rifle, the M1908 - the first of the designs to see combat use. Mondragón began working on his initial rifle design in 1891...
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    Self-Loading (.401SL / .401WSL) or 10.33x38mmSR is an American rifle cartridge. Winchester introduced the .401SL in the Winchester '10 self-loading rifle...
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  • Nelson King's improved patent remedied flaws in the Henry rifle by incorporating a loading gate on the side of the frame and integrating a round, sealed...
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    rifle and blowback- and recoil-operated machine guns, both single and multi-barrelled. In 1885 Ferdinand Mannlicher made an experimental self-loader based...
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  • The .32 Winchester Self-Loading (.32SL / .32SLR / .32WSL) or 8.2x31mmSR is an American rifle cartridge. Winchester introduced the .32SL and .35SL cartridges...
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    development of a self-loading infantry rifle began with the .276 Pedersen cartridge in recognition of the difficulties of producing reliable self-loading mechanisms...
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    United Kingdom manufactured their own version of the FAL, the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle, which is semi-automatic only. Though assault rifles are typically...
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  • FN FAL (redirect from FN rifle)
    by the United Kingdom and throughout the Commonwealth as the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle. In 1946, the first FAL prototype was completed. It was designed to...
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    The .35 Winchester Self-Loading (.35SL / .35SLR / .35WSL) or 8.9x29mmSR is an American rifle cartridge. Winchester introduced the .32SL and .35SL in the...
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  • Rifle Hei) was a Japanese self-loading rifle that was produced in limited numbers by Nippon Special Steel. The Type Hei rifle was one of three self-loading...
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  • bolt-action rifle. Springfield Model 1922 – .22 LR caliber bolt action training rifle. Self-loading rifle: M1 Garand – .30-06 caliber semi-automatic rifle. M14...
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    SA80 (redirect from SA80 assault rifle)
    The L85 Rifle variant has been the standard issue service rifle of the British Armed Forces since 1987, replacing the L1A1 Self-Loading Rifle. The prototypes...
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    final T48 configuration as an official competitor for the new Light Self-Loading Rifle intended to replace the M1 Garand. The US Army procured T48 rifles...
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  • The .345 Winchester Self-Loading (.345 WSL / .345 Winchester Machine Rifle) or 8.8x34mm WSL is a rimless, rifle cartridge in a "cylindrical" shape, created...
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    Model 1903, but came to be applied toward the centerfire Winchester Self Loading rifle series, which includes the Model 1905, Model 1907, and Model 1910...
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  • The Winchester Model 30 was an experimental self-loading rifle offered to the United States War Department as an alternative to the M1 Garand. Winchester...
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    Tokareva, obrazets 1940 goda, lit. 'Tokarev self-loading rifle, model of 1940') is a Soviet semi-automatic battle rifle that saw widespread service during and...
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    next round. Semi-automatic rifles are also known as self-loading rifles ('SLR') or auto-loading rifles. List of firearms List of assault rifles List...
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    converted to load from chargers, and designated Charger Loading Lee–Enfields, or CLLEs. A shorter and lighter version of the original MLE—the Rifle, Short,...
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  • Model 1903, but came to be applied toward the centerfire Winchester Self Loading rifle series, which includes the Model 1905, Model 1907, and Model 1910...
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    SKS (redirect from M59 rifle)
    romanized: Samozaryadny karabin sistemy Simonova, lit. 'self-loading carbine of the Simonov system') is a semi-automatic rifle designed by Soviet small arms designer Sergei...
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  • 62 mm 1A1 self-loading rifle (SLR) and its ammunition which replaced the Ishapore 2A1 bolt-action rifles (based on the 0.303 Lee–Enfield rifle) in Indian...
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    An assault rifle is a select fire rifle that uses an intermediate-rifle cartridge and a detachable magazine. Assault rifles were first put into mass production...
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    detatchable box magazines are the Canadian (FNC1A1) version of the L1A1 self-loading rifle, the US OA-96 carbine and T48 rifles and the Chinese Type 63 and Type...
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    American Civil War. Manual breech-loaders gave way to manual magazine feed and then to self-loading rifles. Breech-loading is still commonly used in shotguns...
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  • "repeating rifle" most often refers specifically to manual repeating rifles (e.g. lever-action, pump-action, bolt-action, etc.), as opposed to self-loading rifles...
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  • three winners of Poland’s 1934 self-loading rifle trials. Several prototypes and pre-production samples of his rifle were manufactured from 1936 to 1938...
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