To quote Savage Arms...

Originally Posted by Savage Arms (1902)
THE RIFLE AS A SINGLE-LOADER.
The act of placing a cartridge into the Breech-Opening forces the Automatic Cut-off back into it's recess in the Receiver, retiring the uppermost cartridge in the magazine below the line of movement of the Breech-Bolt, so that only the cartridge in the breech-opening will be engaged by the breech-bolt on its forward travel.


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