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self-loading
[self-loh-ding, self-]
adjective
noting or pertaining to an automatic or semiautomatic firearm.
self-loading
adjective
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
Other Word Forms
- ˌ-ˈDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of self-loading1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
They establish that a man who had told the police he wants a self-loading rifle presents no risk to himself or others.
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.
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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