self-loading
- s (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously
- The self-loading infantry rifle perfected by General Thompson was last week awarded the British War Office prize of $15,000 and will now be tried generally throughout the British .
- When the paramilitary Police Field Force made its decisive move to side with the Malaitans on June 5 last year, he says, his unit's homemade guns were replaced with self-loading .
- The triumphant guerrillas emptied the barracks' armory, grabbing 300 self-loading rifles, 40 light machine guns, ammunition and mortars, and then jubilantly launched a victory .