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self-loading

[self-loh-ding, self-]

adjective

  1. noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.



self-loading

adjective

  1. Also: autoloading.(of a firearm) utilizing some of the force of the explosion to eject the empty shell and replace it with a new one See also automatic semiautomatic

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ˌ-ˈDz noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of self-loading1

First recorded in 1895–1900
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They seized a box containing four "lethal" self-loading pistols, each individually packaged with a silencer, blue nitrile gloves and 10 rounds of live ammunition.

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Six bullet casings fired from a Glock self-loading handgun were found, as were scuff marks on the property's rear garden fence from the direction the shots had been fired.

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They establish that a man who had told the police he wants a self-loading rifle presents no risk to himself or others.

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Jenzen-Jones said he believed, based on imagery of the weapons wielded by Hamas fighters, they also used North Korea’s Type 58 self-loading rifle, a variant of the Kalashnikov assault rifle.

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When Mr Harounoff questioned Mr Hemissi, who denies murder and possession of a self-loading pistol, he said he was not the gunman and was not a professional hitman.

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