Actually, Sluggy, the early models could fire semi-auto from a closed bolt or FA from an open bolt.
I'm not sure how long that feature lasted, but it was a nifty option.
The sawed-off BAR "whippit gun" was indeed the Clyde Barrow deal. He did the same thing with Browning Auto-5 shotguns. Monsterous firepower for the time.
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