• the loading and ignition procedures, or only automatically load the ammo but require manual actuation of the hammer/striker, self-loading firearms can...
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    firearm, also called a self-loading or autoloading firearm (fully automatic and selective fire firearms are also variations on self-loading firearms)...
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    revolutions in firearm designs such as repeating and self-loading firearms. Although breech-loading firearms were developed as far back as the early 14th century...
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    An automatic firearm or fully automatic firearm (to avoid confusion with semi-automatic firearms) is a self-loading firearm that continuously chambers...
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  • A self-loading rifle or auto-loading 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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    John Browning (category Firearm designers)
    mechanical recoil operation to become the standard for most high-power self-loading firearm designs worldwide. He also made significant contributions to automatic...
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  • to self-loading rifles, which use the recoil, gas, or blowback of the previous shot to cycle the action and load the next round, even though all self-loading...
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    pistol (also called a self-loading pistol, autopistol, or autoloading pistol) is a repeating handgun that automatically ejects and loads cartridges in its...
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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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  • Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding...
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    successful self-loading rifle was the Mondragón rifle, designed in 1908 by Mexican general Manuel Mondragón. It was the first self-loading firearm able to...
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    Slamfire (category Firearm terminology)
    slamfire, but the term also describes a malfunction of self-loading firearms. Shooters accustomed to firearms requiring trigger activation for discharge may be...
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    Bertonnet demonstrated a self-loading firearm in 1851 at the Great Exhibition though no details are provided. Dixon self-loading and self-priming gun: A repeating...
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    moved to extract the spent casing and chamber another round. In a self-loading firearm (semi-automatic, burst fire, or fully automatic), the bolt cycles...
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  • device used for loading a firearm or firearm magazine with loose ammunition very quickly. Generally, speedloaders are used for loading all chambers of...
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    contamination or degradation from moisture and the elements. In modern self-loading firearms, the cartridge case also enables the action mechanism to use part...
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    automatically loading the next cartridge. These rifles were developed Pre-World War II, and were used throughout World War II. Rifles are firearms designed...
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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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    Winchester Self-Loading. .351 Winchester and .401 Winchester: Auto-Loading Pioneers, thebiggamehuntingblog.com .351 Winchester Self Loading, cartridgecollector...
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    Gunshot (category Firearms)
    supersonic bullet or the noise produced by the mechanical action of a self-loading firearm. Use of suppressors is rare in United States crimes. A 2007 study...
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    as replicas of the flintlock or earlier firearms. Most early firearms were muzzle-loading. This form of loading has several disadvantages, such as a slow...
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  • that load ordnance into crew-served weapons, such as tanks and artillery. Autoloader may also refer to: A jargon term for a self-loading firearm. Autoloader...
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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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     72. Jaroslav Lugs. A complete review of firearm systems and their histories. "Improvement in self-loading fire-arms". Google.com. Retrieved 5 June 2017...
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    guidelines, firearm certificates are only issued if a person has legitimate sporting, collecting, or work-related reasons for ownership. Since 1968, self-defence...
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  • Blowback (section Firearms)
    dictionary. Blowback may refer to: Blowback (firearms), a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge...
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    M1922 Bang rifle (category Trial and research firearms of the United States)
    Automatic Firing of Self-Loading Arms, Inventor Søren H. Bang of Copenhagen, Denmark U.S. patent 1,534,486, April 21, 1925, Self-Loading Firearm, Inventor Søren...
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    monetary value. Antique firearms can be divided into two basic types: muzzle-loading and cartridge firing. Muzzleloading antique firearms are not generally...
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  • Wax bullet (category Firearm training)
    recoil/blowback energy to cycle self-loading firearms, so they are most commonly used in revolvers and other manually cycled firearms. Specially designed cartridges...
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    The Webley Self-Loading Pistol was an early magazine-fed pistol. The gun was designed in 1910 by the Webley & Scott company. The Mk. 1 entered police service...
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