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Question: What is the worlds first semiautomatic weapon in history!?
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The Chinese repeating crossbow and it was just featured on History!.comWww@QuestionHome@Com

I believe I heard somewhere that the Romans built a balista that was semi auto, and believe the Greeks had something similar, if not, the semi auto crossbow mentioned above is right(I'm looking for th Balista as we speak)Www@QuestionHome@Com

Ferdinand Ritter von Mannlicher in 1885 invented the first semi-auto rifle!.

Steyr Mannlicher M1894(rifle name)Www@QuestionHome@Com