WordNet
self-loading
adj. (of firearms) capable of automatic loading and firing continuously; "an autoloading rifle" [syn: autoloading(a), semiautomatic]
Usage examples of "self-loading".
The pallet did not need a push by anyone--sliding on the rollers embedded in the floor of the self-loading cargo hold, the pallet picked up speed rapidly and actually seemed to fly for several feet before it disappeared from view.
Since the development of the metallic cartridge, smokeless powder and the self-loading firearm, small-arms development has gone through a number of cycles.