Italian Cei Rigotti Self loading rifle
Amerigo CeiRigotti was a major in the Italian Bersaglieri (light infantry) in 1900, wen his innovative selfloading rifle design was first introduced. Unlike many or the very early semiauto rifle designs, the CeiRigotti is a light, handy, and pretty compact rifle: The rifle was selectfire, and chambered for the 6. 5x52 Carcano cartridge. It shared the size and style of the Carcano as well as a few small parts, but was built from the ground up and was not a conversion of a bolt action rifle. It operated br, br,
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