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The semi-automatic autoloader firearm platform HAS been around since 1885. So, not centuries, I meant to put century-I should have revised that. I was speaking of the auto-loader platform in general-be it with rifles or pistols. The M1 Garand was the first semi-automatic rifle to be issued to infantry soldiers in any army.
The autoloader platform is one that has evolved greatly since its debut. There have been some improvements especially, I am sure, made in the M1A/M14 series of rifles from the M1 Garand. These changes and improvements, from the creation of the garand to its evolution into the M1A are reflective of the progressi n the autoloader system itself.
Sorry-I don't think that I exactly conveyed my meaning across in the first post!
The autoloader platform is one that has evolved greatly since its debut. There have been some improvements especially, I am sure, made in the M1A/M14 series of rifles from the M1 Garand. These changes and improvements, from the creation of the garand to its evolution into the M1A are reflective of the progressi n the autoloader system itself.
Sorry-I don't think that I exactly conveyed my meaning across in the first post!