Service Rifle

A service rifle is a long gun firearm that is distinguished as a semi-automatic repeating rifle that fires an intermediate cartridge. The definition of the phrase "service rifle" has a different meaning than it did in the old world; a terminological change that has confused many who prefer old-world firearm classifications.

Terminology
Before the fall of society, the term "service rifle" meant a weapon that an armed force issued as standard to it's service members. For example; the M1 Garand was the service rifle of the United States Armed Forces between the years of 1936 and 1958. In the wasteland, human survivors tend to use the term to describe any self-loading repeating rifle that resembles a wood stock hunting rifle.

Examples

 * M1 Garand: An American service rifle used commonly during the second world war. The rifle fires .30-06 springfield cartridges.
 * SVT-40: A Soviet service rifle used during the second world war. The rifle fires 7.62x54mmR cartridges, and is typically only found in the Russian wasteland.
 * SKS: A Soviet service rifle used across the world. The rifle fires 7.62x39mm cartridges.
 * Gewehr 43: A service rifle produced in Nazi Germany during the second world war. The rifle fires 7.92x57mm mauser cartridges, and is often sought by collectors.