[Myrddin]

The British did fine with 303 Enfields. A practiced rifleman could almost match the rate of fire of a semi-auto...even with the bolt action. Having a magazine fed semi-auto with light recoil makes sense when a follow-up shot is necessary to finish the job. That isn't often necessary with a 30-06 to the chest.

[true_blue_texican]

The British did fine with 303 Enfields

So did the Afghans. :-0

[rickdylan]

In the case of human targets nobody worries about finishing shots. The thing the semiauto buys you is time to the next target.