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Jmantime on Twitter: "Rare Weapon: Hino-Komuro M1904. Japan's second semi-automatic rifle prototype designed by Hino Kumazo between 1900 - 1904. The rifle was tested in front of emperor meiji and rejected in
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Experimental semi-automatic rifles, 1919-1931- excluding Garand's and Pedersen's rifles - Springfield Armory National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
Why did the British and Commonwealth armies use bolt-action rifles like the Lee-Enfield in WW2 instead of a semi-automatic weapon, such as the M1 Garand? - Quora
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Experimental semi-automatic rifles, 1919-1931- excluding Garand's and Pedersen's rifles - Springfield Armory National Historic Site (U.S. National Park Service)
![Apart from Germany, Britain, France, Italy and the USA, which countries used trialed or tried to develop a semi-automatic rifle around the time of WW1 ? : r/ForgottenWeapons Apart from Germany, Britain, France, Italy and the USA, which countries used trialed or tried to develop a semi-automatic rifle around the time of WW1 ? : r/ForgottenWeapons](https://preview.redd.it/cs08z32dq8171.png?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1e4a4869e9b67a189dca7d9cfbe56453038bb46f)