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    Grandmaster
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    I thought it was interesting to see a similar magazine design on this US experimental rifle:
    [video=youtube;qFANjlr4I9Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFANjlr4I9Q[/video]
     

    NKBJ

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    The Mondragon was another semi-auto rifle that doesn't get much notice.
    Mondragon was a pretty smart cookie. A cartridge he designed with a washer inside the case holding the base of the bullet to act as an expanded area piston to provide greater initial acceleration thrust with the smokeless powder of the day was daring genius. I think his rifles that saw combat service were all 7x57 though.
     

    JettaKnight

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    Not applicable here, but the title made me think of this.

    [video=youtube;TFCuE5rHbPA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFCuE5rHbPA[/video]
     

    Disposable Heart

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    The Mondragon was another semi-auto rifle that doesn't get much notice.
    Mondragon was a pretty smart cookie. A cartridge he designed with a washer inside the case holding the base of the bullet to act as an expanded area piston to provide greater initial acceleration thrust with the smokeless powder of the day was daring genius. I think his rifles that saw combat service were all 7x57 though.

    A complicated gun that got a bad rap from WW1 mud that cause nearly ANY weapon to malfunction! I think it's a great design that would have been on par with the Garand, and with a better cartridge (7x57 is a real performer even today).
     

    indiucky

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    That is pretty cool.

    I got shot with one of those twice this morning playing Battlefield 1....

    Stupid Medics....


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