Talk:Semi-automatic rifle

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The list on this page needs some serious revision. Submachine guns and assault rifles do not fall under the catagory of semi-automatic rifle.

The introduction leans a little too NRA and is not well written.

06-05-06

Excellent article, though I would argue that select fire weapons do indeed fall under the semi automatic moniker as select fire has an option for semi automatic operation. Also take into account that many of these weapon platforms have been modified to only fire in semi automatic. For example many open bolt Submachine guns have had their receivers replaced by closed bolt semi automatic receivers making them full time semi automatic carbines.

The British version of the select fire main battle rifle FN FAL the “SLR” is a good example as it was modified for semi automatic use only. Many people compete in high power rifle competitions using the AR15 semi automatic rifle which is a doppelganger for the select fire M16 “assault rifle”.

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The picture of the Polish weapons is indeed interesting, but I am not sure if it is wholly appropriate to the article... especially since very few examples of the Kbsp wz.38M were ever produced and that the wz. 39 SMG is not a semi-automatic rifle. I would suggest a picture of an M1 Garand or SVT40. Twalls 21:28, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Deletion of citation

I'm not sure why a reference was deleted and a 'Citation Needed' tag inserted in its place. Also, copy in the controversy section was replaced by a statement on handguns that is only indirectly relevant to semi-auto rifles. I'll restore the original copy and citation. Twalls 15:19, 1 August 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Controversy

Can someone take a look at this section, as at the moment it seems to lean towards the viewpoints of the NRA and their criticism of gun control and is badly sourced. It states things as "facts" without providing proper references, and it doesn't go into the motives behind gun control and makes it seem like there is only one reason for the control of fire-arms, and this reasoning is wrong, and therefore gun control is wrong. I am not even sure if this belongs in the article rather than just the Gun Control article. Sigurd Dragon Slayer (talk) 18:19, 2 June 2008 (UTC)

You're right, that 'the motives behind gun control' probably belong in the Gun Control article. The 'Controversy' section in this article covers that insofar as it involves self-loading or semi-auto rifles. The references of course could be improved. I don't see the NRA connection though. Twalls (talk) 22:27, 2 June 2008 (UTC)