{"id":98237,"date":"2026-02-25T02:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T07:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=98237"},"modified":"2025-10-01T12:09:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-01T16:09:20","slug":"bommarito-americas-first-toggle-locked-battle-rifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2026\/02\/25\/bommarito-americas-first-toggle-locked-battle-rifle\/","title":{"rendered":"Bommarito: America\u2019s First Toggle-Locked Battle Rifle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nuXpxa-dv8c?si=bJs0wKdxZQaMQL7m\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 1 Oct 2025<\/p>\n<p>Designed by Giuseppe Bommarito, this was one of the many independent rifle designs submitted to the US War Department in the 1910s hoping for military adoption. It is a short recoil operated, toggle-locked system chambered for .30-06 and using detachable 20-round magazines. It was tested (without much success) at Springfield and remained in development until 1918.<\/p>\n<p>See a more complete article including original disassembly photos here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;redir_token=QUFFLUhqbHg0LTh5U1ZvNTY4VU1GbEZ1VWZHLVBZX2kyUXxBQ3Jtc0tuMGZiNHA4NU1fRmgwSDFkcEFDNENKX09uZXNEc0tlX0l2c24tM09HRWk1NDVYZnlRZW5idk13QTU1QnpvLWVPN2lCNDVkb0YyclZONV9IcE5PTEIybTExM3BWUEIwY0QzYUdJcDd1WUdUQlJBbGVFWQ&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forgottenweapons.com%2Fm1-garand-development%2Fus-bommarito-rifle%2F&#038;v=nuXpxa-dv8c\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.forgottenweapons.com\/m1-g&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to the Springfield Armory National Historic Site for giving me access to this truly unique specimen from their reference collection to film for you! 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