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What's the difference between the current rifle and the original rifle?

Shooting principle: At present, all kinds of rifles equipped in various countries are automatic rifles, which are pushed, locked, fired, unlocked, shelled and supplied with ammunition by using the air-guided propulsion warhead or recoil bolt to complete continuous shooting. From modern times to World War I to World War II, most rifles were rotated to pull the gun, push the bullet, lock, fire, unlock, unload the shell and supply the bullet, which required manual operation, such as Mao Se rifle, March 8th rifle, Leigh-Enfield rifle and Mosinnagan rifle. However, the M- 1 Garland rifle equipped by the US military in World War II adopted the principle of air conduction automation.

Ammunition fired: from modern times to World War I and World War II, rifles fired traditional rifles, and now automatic rifles fired bullets with medium power.

Medium-power bullet: When the traditional rifle bullet is used for automatic rifle shooting, the recoil is too large, and the gun jump is serious, which is difficult for the shooter to control and affects the shooting accuracy. However, if pistol bullets are used like submachine guns, the power in the middle and long distance is insufficient, so the medium power bullets are born, which shortens the length of the casing, reduces the charge and shortens the effective range, but effectively solves the shooting control problem of automatic rifles and improves the shooting accuracy.

In addition, the materials used to make rifles have changed from traditional metal wood to non-metallic materials such as reinforced plastics to reduce the weight of firearms.

In the old matchlock, guns are not compared one by one.