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self-loading
self-loading adj.
Brit. 
/ˌsɛlfˈləʊdɪŋ/
, /ˌsɛlfˈləʊdɪŋ/U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈloʊdɪŋ/
(a) (of a device or machine, esp. a firearm) having the capacity to load itself automatically; (b) (of ammunition) designed to be used in a self-loading firearm, typically being shorter than other cartridges of the same calibre (now chiefly historical)./ˌsɛlfˈloʊdɪŋ/ΚΠ
1821 Ladies' Lit. Cabinet 13 Oct. 184/2 Self-loading Cart.—Mr. David Newlin, of Virginia, has invented a cart for removing earth.
1850 Ladies' Repository Aug. 278/2 P. W. Porter, of Memphis, has made a self-loading rifle.
1899 Kynoch Jrnl. Oct. 2/2 Jones's self-loading cartridge case.
2010 Independent 15 June 3/1 Then the unmistakable cracks of high-velocity SLR (self-loading rifle) shooting started.
2012 R. Maze Webley Service Revolver 40 Wartime packets of seven .455in self-loading cartridges were prominently marked with ‘Not for revolvers’.
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