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Electrolux Charlton: Washing Machine Company Converts Bolt Action to Semiauto

Electrolux Charlton: Washing Machine Company Converts Bolt Action to Semiauto

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Published on March 25, 2024
Duration: 17:01

This video examines the Electrolux Charlton, a rare semiautomatic rifle developed from the bolt-action Charlton automatic rifle. The Charlton itself was a conversion of Lee rifles into a light machine gun. The Electrolux variant, built by the appliance company, featured a more refined design, a shorter gas system, and was intended as a shoulder-fired rifle rather than an LMG. It used standard No1 MkIII rifles as its base. The project was canceled in 1944, with only a few prototypes produced, including the example shown from the British Royal Armouries collection. The video details the differences from the original Charlton and the Electrolux version's mechanics.

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