Editing Semi-automatic rifle (section)

===Blowback semi-automatic===
In 1903 and 1905, the [[Winchester Repeating Arms Company]] introduced the first low-power [[Blowback (firearms)|blow back]] (shell-operated) semi-automatic rifles firing [[rimfire ammunition|Rimfire]] and [[centerfire ammunition|center fire ammunition]]. The [[Winchester Model 1903]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=Historical Firearms - Winchester Model 1903 / Model 63 The Winchester... |url=https://www.historicalfirearms.info/post/168059981329/winchester-model-1903-model-63-the-winchester |access-date=2024-10-16 |newspaper=Historical Firearms |last1=Firearms |first1=Historical }}</ref> and the [[Winchester Model 1905]]<ref>{{Cite book |title=Winchester Repeating Arms Company 1905 Guns Catalog |publisher=Reproduction by Cornell Military Publications. Brighton, MI 48114}}</ref> both operated on the blow back principle to function. Designed by [[T.C. Johnson|Thomas C. Johnson]], the Model 1903 was commercially successful and remained in production until 1932 – when it was succeeded by the [[Winchester Model 63]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Association |first=National Rifle |title=An Official Journal Of The NRA {{!}} Snapshot: Winchester's Rimfire Rout |url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/snapshot-winchester-s-rimfire-rout/ |access-date=2022-05-23 |website=An Official Journal Of The NRA |language=en}}</ref>

By the early 20th century, several manufacturers began producing semi-automatic [[.22 caliber]] rifles, including [[Winchester Repeating Arms Company|Winchester]],<ref name=":0" /> [[Remington Arms|Remington]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Firearms |first=Historical |title=Historical Firearms - Remington Model 16 The Remington Model 16 is a... |url=https://www.historicalfirearms.info/post/172943501644/remington-model-16-the-remington-model-16-is-a |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190415234615/http://www.historicalfirearms.info:80/post/172943501644/remington-model-16-the-remington-model-16-is-a |archive-date=2019-04-15 |access-date=2024-12-13 |work=Historical Firearms |language=en}}</ref> [[Fabrique Nationale]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2008-06-03 |title=22 Semi-Auto Rifle |url=http://www.browning.com/customerservice/dategun/detail.asp?id=5 |access-date=2024-12-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080603175817/http://www.browning.com/customerservice/dategun/detail.asp?id=5 |archive-date=3 June 2008 }}</ref> and [[Savage Arms]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=22 Long Rifle History: From Plinking to Precision |url=https://savagearms.com/blog/post/from-plinking-to-precision-the-evolution-of-the-22-long-rifle |access-date=2024-12-13 |website=savagearms.com |language=en}}</ref> all using the direct blow back system of operation. Winchester later introduced a [[.351 Winchester Self-Loading]] semi-automatic rifle, the [[Winchester Model 1907|Model 1907]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Association |first=National Rifle |title=An Official Journal Of The NRA {{!}} Early Semi-Automatics: Winchester's First Self-Loading Rifles |url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/early-semi-automatics-winchester-s-first-self-loading-rifles/ |access-date=2024-10-16 |website=An Official Journal Of The NRA |language=en}}</ref> as an upgraded version of the Model 1905 offering greater power than its .[[.22 caliber|22 caliber]] predecessor and utilizing a blow back system. Both the Model 1905 and Model 1907 saw limited [[military]] and [[police]] use.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Firearms |first=Historical |title=Historical Firearms - Winchester's Self Loading Rifles In the early... |url=https://www.historicalfirearms.info/post/181311063062/winchesters-self-loading-rifles-in-the-early |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230122073349/https://www.historicalfirearms.info/post/181311063062/winchesters-self-loading-rifles-in-the-early |archive-date=2023-01-22 |access-date=2024-12-13 |work=Historical Firearms |language=en}}</ref>