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A semi-automatic rifle is an auto-loading rifle that fires a single round of ammunition each time the trigger is pulled. It uses a part of the fired cartridge's energy to eject the case, and automatically loads another cartridge into its chamber .
M110 Semi-Automatic Sniper System: Knight's Armament Company: 7.62×51mm NATO United States 2007 M1916 Kalashnikov automatic rifle Sestroretsk plant 7.62x54mmR Russia: 1916 M1941 Johnson rifle.30-06 Springfield 7×57mm Mauser (Chilean variant).270 Winchester United States 1941 M1922 Bang rifle.30-06 Springfield 6.5×55mm Swedish United States 1922
The assault rifle was more powerful and had longer range than the submachine gun, but was less powerful and shorter range than standard rifles. It used intermediate size rounds as well and offered select-fire option (switch from full automatic to semi-automatic). The AK-47, commonly known as the "Kalashnikov", is the most manufactured assault ...
The Colt AR-15, a type of semi-automatic rifle. A semi-automatic firearm, also called a self-loading or autoloading firearm (fully automatic and selective fire firearms are also variations on self-loading firearms), is a repeating firearm whose action mechanism automatically loads a following round of cartridge into the chamber and prepares it for subsequent firing, but requires the shooter to ...
Aerial combat provided the clean environment the rifle required, and its semi-automatic capability was an advancement over bolt-action rifles. However, the rifle was expensive to make. The air service turned to the Swiss-produced Mondragón rifle , which was tested by the army; though less accurate than Mauser's design, it cost about a third as ...
The MAS-49 is a French semi-automatic rifle that replaced various bolt-action rifles as the French service rifle that was produced from 1949. It was designed and manufactured by the government-owned MAS arms factory. [1] The French Army formal designation of the MAS-49 is Fusil semi-automatique 7 mm 5 M. 49 ("semi-automatic rifle of 7.5 mm ...
The M1 Garand or M1 rifle [nb 1] is a semi-automatic rifle that was the service rifle of the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War. The rifle is chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge and is named after its Canadian-American designer, John Garand. It was the first standard-issue autoloading rifle for the United States. [14]
'Tokarev self-loading rifle, model of 1940') is a Soviet semi-automatic battle rifle that saw widespread service during and after World War II. It was intended to be the new service rifle of the Soviet Red Army , but its production was disrupted by the German invasion in 1941 , resulting in a change back to the Mosin–Nagant rifle for the ...