Just out of curiosity. I'm talking about rifles that only have fixed magazines, so I'm not counting things like stripper clips designed to load detachable mags quickly like the ones for the M16 and stuff like that.
My research says it was the SKS in 1949, unless there's something else out there that escaped me.
My research says it was the SKS in 1949, unless there's something else out there that escaped me.