“self-loading rifles”....so... semi-automatics...
It seems like they are going out of their way not to say ‘semi-automatics’ because they are afraid it might make people realize all those “bad” guns in the US aren’t automatic assault weapons?
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a semi-auto called a self-loading weapon before.
Winchester made rifles in several calibers, .35, ,351 and .401, all known as self-loading rifles starting in 1907. Good for varmints, deer and prisoners. ;)
See Post 13 above. Also, Google “I was only 19.” Anzac troop song including verse on “...me SLR.”