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The Cei-Rigotti was the first automatic rifle. It was created by Cei-Rigotti, an officer in the Italian Army, in 1890. It is a gas operated rifle. It takes a 6.5 mm round from a 25-round box, has a muzzle velocity of 730 m/s and is sighted to 1400m. The cyclic rate is 900 rpm.
The Cei-Rigotti was extensively modified until its final form circa 1900. It had selective fire capabilities (single shots or burst) and intermediate-powered ammunition, and also as the first successful implementation of gas operation in a rifle. Over the next few years (1903 and 1911) there were improvements to its internal functions, such as its gas operation.
The rifle fired 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano ammunition fed from a 25-round detachable box magazine. The rifle, although not actually used by any army (possibly because of it's extreme unreliability), was remade in Switzerland, Russia, Austria. These variations fired 8x56mm (Austria) and 7.62x54mmR (Russian) ammunition.
The Cei-Rigotti was tested by the British Small Arms Committee and was also tested by the Royal Navy. The rifles experienced difficult ejection and had high rates of misfires. However, it initiated the field of light hand operated automatic weapons a spurred development of succeeding weapons such as the Lewis Gun, the Browning Automatic Rifle and the Federov Avtomat.
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