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Possibly the Mondragon rifle from the late 1800's, issued to the Mexican Army.

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The Browning designed Colt 1895 Automatic Gun, the "Potato Digger" had it's patent filed in the US in 1892. This was the same year as the Mondragon rifle. But the Colt came to production first.

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