Small numbers of Lee Metford rifles were built as, or converted to, experimental semi-automatic loading systems, such as the British Bren and Lewis gun light machine guns which were in chronically short supply at the time.
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In service of this goal, the Cuis development community has continually removed optional features and simplified the code base while adding features such as syntax highlighting as you type and automatic loading of software packages with dependency checking based on feature requirements.
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Centerless grinding is much easier to combine with automatic loading procedures than centered grinding; throughfeed grinding, where the regulating wheel is held at a slight angle to the part so that there is a force feeding the part through the grinder, is particularly efficient.
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In firearms and artillery where there is an automatic loading mechanism, a condition can occur in which a live round is at least partially in the firing chamber and capable of being fired, but is not properly secured by the usual mechanism of that particular weapon.
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A US Army report on anti-aircraft guns of April 1917 reported that this gun's semi-automatic loading system was discontinued because of difficulties of operation at higher angles of elevation, and replaced by " the standard Vickers-type straight-pull breech mechanism ", reducing rate of fire from 22 to 20 rds / minute.
