M1 Garand 5

The best infantry rifle in World War II. It was a 9 1/2 pound gas operated semi-automatic rifle firing the powerful 30/06 (7.62 MM) round. Eight rounds were held in a metal clip that was inserted into the receiver. When all eight rounds were fired, the clip ejected with a sharp sound. The rifle operated from gas bleeding off from the fired cartridge that went into a gas port in the barrel, pushing a piston that moved the bolt backwards to eject the spent cartridge and insert a new one . One criticism was that you couldn't top off the number of rounds in the rifle. For instance if you fired three, you couldn't add three because of the clip.

I own one and have shot it often.