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Itailian Cei-Rigotti Selfloading Rifle

June 18, 2012 Ian McCollum 16

Amerigo Cei-Rigotti was a major in the Italian Bersaglieri (light infantry) in 1900, when his innovative self-loading rifle design was first introduced. Unlike many or the very early semiauto rifle designs, the Cei-Rigotti is a […]

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X8E1 & X8E2 SLR Manual

June 1, 2012 Ian McCollum 11

Before the British adopted the FAL as the L1A1 rifle, batches of several different variants were made for extended troop trials. The first two were the X8E1 and X8E2 – the X8E1 used standard FAL […]

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EM1 Photos and Manual

May 25, 2012 Ian McCollum 13

The EM1 was an experimental British rifle developed in the late 1940s, and was definitely the high-tech wonder rifle of its day. It was a bullpup-style design before that was a trend, and used a […]

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