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Answer for the clue "Luger pistol, e.g ", 10 letters:
autoloader

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context military English) A mechanical device that loads ordnance into weapons such as tanks and artillery that would otherwise be loaded by a dedicated crew. 2 (context computing English) A mechanical device that automatically loads storage media ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a firearm that reloads itself [syn: self-loader ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
An autoloader is a mechanical aid or replacement for the personnel that load ordnance into crew-served weapons, such as tanks and artillery. Autoloader may also refer to: A jargon term for a semi-automatic firearm . Autoloader (data storage device) , sometimes ...

Usage examples of autoloader.

If the autoloader wouldn’t feed shells into the cannon, what good was the landcruiser?

Though the gunner outranked him, Ussmak said, “I think you ought to service the autoloader, too.

Starkey saw him reach out his gun, that monster ugly autoloader, and then he was shooting, shooting up into Fowles, who flipped back and sideways, then crawled toward her couch.

The autoloader had an illegal 14-inch barrel and a pistol grip in place of a stock.

They were really intended for 9-mm autoloaders and would literally rattle down the bore of most .

They had two rifles, one an autoloader, and they had in all likelihood three negatron pistols.