▁b olt ▁is ▁closed . ▁ ▁Con tr ary ▁to ▁w ides p read ▁mis con ception , ▁partially ▁exp ended ▁or ▁full ▁cli ps ▁can ▁be ▁easily ▁e ject ed ▁from ▁the ▁rif le ▁by ▁means ▁of ▁the ▁clip ▁l atch ▁button . ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁possible ▁to ▁load ▁single ▁cart rid ges ▁into ▁a ▁partially ▁loaded ▁clip ▁while ▁the ▁clip ▁is ▁still ▁in ▁the ▁magazine , ▁but ▁this ▁requires ▁both ▁hands ▁and ▁a ▁bit ▁of ▁practice . ▁In ▁reality , ▁this ▁procedure ▁was ▁rarely ▁performed ▁in ▁combat , ▁as ▁the ▁danger ▁of ▁loading ▁d irt ▁along ▁with ▁the ▁cart rid ges ▁increased ▁the ▁ch ances ▁of ▁mal function . ▁Instead , ▁it ▁was ▁much ▁easier ▁and ▁quick er ▁to ▁simply ▁manually ▁e ject ▁the ▁clip , ▁and ▁insert ▁a ▁fresh ▁one , ▁which ▁is ▁how ▁the ▁rif le ▁was ▁originally ▁designed ▁to ▁be ▁operated . ▁Later , ▁special ▁cli ps ▁holding ▁two ▁or ▁five ▁r ounds ▁became ▁available ▁on ▁the ▁civil ian ▁market , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁single - loading ▁device ▁which ▁stays ▁in ▁the ▁rif le ▁when ▁the ▁b olt ▁lo cks ▁back . ▁ ▁In ▁battle , ▁the ▁manual ▁of ▁arms ▁called ▁for ▁the ▁rif le ▁to ▁be ▁fired ▁until ▁empty , ▁and ▁then ▁re charg ed ▁quickly . ▁Due ▁to ▁the ▁well - develop ed ▁log ist ical ▁system ▁of ▁the ▁U . S . ▁military ▁at ▁the ▁time , ▁this ▁was t age ▁of ▁am mun ition ▁was ▁generally ▁not ▁critical , ▁though ▁this ▁could ▁change