...there was the Remington Model 8 Semiauto rifle; one of John Browning's ingenious firearms designs actually used by allies during WW1 and it became a law enforcement favorite as well. Watch this short video for the functioning. I have to admit I am very taken with what the old time gun designers did with very limited resources:
It is better to light a flamethrower than to curse the darkness- Sir Terence Pratchett
“ III stooges si viveret et nos omnes ad quos etiam probabile est mittent custard pies”
“ III stooges si viveret et nos omnes ad quos etiam probabile est mittent custard pies”