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Fusil Mondragón

The Fusil Porfirio Díaz Sistema Mondragón Model 1908 was the first fusil semiautomatic of the world. It was designed by the Mexican general Manuel Mondragón, the one who patented the weapon in 1887.

The fusil was powered by the gases of the shot, by means of a cylinder and his respective piston, something quite usual nowadays but very unusual for his period. It had a rotary bolt, which moved  by means of tetones that fit in spiral flutes of the walls of the drawer of mechanisms; also could employ like a fusil

of bolts with rectilinear action. It shot 7 x 57 mauser cartridges, fed by a magazine for 8 rounds.

This rifle was known by its accuracy and stopping power, but the automatic versions were difficult to control when fired with automatic mode. For 1910 they had already built factories in the cities of Veracruz, Ciudad Juárez, Guanajuato, Guadalajara y México, D. F., where they were produced until 1943.

The Mondragón was so precise that the Wehrmacht added it a scope and used it as a semi-automatic sniper rifle during the Second World War.