section_path: Action/Semi-automatic
section_name: Semi-automatic
paragraph_text: Semi-automatic
  
  Semi-automatic, self-loading, or autoloading is a firearm action that, after a single discharge, automatically performs the feeding and ignition procedures necessary to prepare the firearm for a subsequent discharge. Semi-automatic firearms only discharge once with each trigger actuation, and the trigger must be actuated again to fire another cartridge.
  
  Types of semi-automatic actions and modes include automatic, burst, and selective.