{"id":74325,"date":"2022-10-20T02:00:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-20T06:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=74325"},"modified":"2022-10-19T11:21:38","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T15:21:38","slug":"french-c6-long-recoil-prototype-semiauto-rifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/10\/20\/french-c6-long-recoil-prototype-semiauto-rifle\/","title":{"rendered":"French C6 Long-Recoil Prototype Semiauto Rifle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DkdD_xKFOJ8\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 18 Nov 2016<\/p>\n<p>France began working on developing military self-loading rifles virtually as soon as the 1886 Lebel was adopted, and they would pursue a pretty elaborate series of trials right up to World War I. One series was developed by Etienne Meunier at the Artillery Technical Section using gas operated mechanisms, and designated the A series. The B series was the work of M. Rossignol at the Musketry School, using mostly direct gas impingement systems. The C series was designed by Louis Chauchat and M. Sutter at the Puteaux Arsenal, and these were long-recoil actions. Trials commenced in 1911 and 1912 on the latest rifles from each series, and ultimately none was judged really ready for military service &mdash; although the A6 Meunier would be produced in small numbers (about a thousand) and issued in 1916.<\/p>\n<p>This particular rifle is a C6, from Chauchat and Sutter. The C7 was in the formal testing, and this C6 is a very similar rifle. It uses a long recoil action, a unique locking system with two pivoting locking lugs somewhat similar to the Kjellman system, and a remarkably powerful 7mm rimless cartridge fed from 6-round Mannlicher-type clips. 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