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The breech-loading rifle was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours, Scotland, hence the Ferguson rifle.
It was invented in 1851 by Edward Maynard
One possibility is Self Loading.
He wasn't American, he was a Scot. The breech-loading rifle was invented by Captain Patrick Ferguson of Pitfours, Scotland, hence the Ferguson rifle.
L1A1 Self Loading Rifle. It's a variation of the FN FAL.
I think you mean 'Birmingham Small Arms - Self Loading Rifle'.
Semi automatic. The rest are manual loading.
National Muzzle Loading Rifle Association was created in 1933.
Because a self loading rifle relies on the power of the explosion expelling the bullet to push back the bolt and load another bullet. With a pump action air rifle there is not enough power to both shoot the pellet and push back the bolt, therefore it uses all the pressure to expell the pellet.
The SKSis a Soviet semi-automatic rifle chambered for the 7.62x39mm round, designed in 1943 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov. SKS-45 is an acronym for Samozaryadnyj Karabin sistemy Simonova, 1945 ( Self-loading Carbine of (the) Simonov system, 1945)
The L1A1 SLR used by the British military is in caliber 7.62 NATO, and has a muzzle velocity of about 2800 fps.
The Ferguson Rifle