Pieces some feet long may be manually loaded into a single-stroke press.
The VT 1-1 was armed with two 105 mm rifled guns, which were loaded manually.
The guns were loaded manually with 5-round clips.
The breech mechanism is semi-automatic and the gun is loaded manually.
The ejectable magazine can hold 22 BBs, which must be manually loaded one at a time.
OS-9 was an additional product that had to be loaded manually each time the computer was started.
Despite this the guns were manually loaded for most of the their operational life as the Armstrong cable drive was faulty and too difficult to maintain.
Vertical lift conveyors can be manually or automatically loaded and controlled.
Typically, the first round is manually loaded into the chamber by pulling back and releasing ("racking") the slide mechanism.
High explosive ammunition, introduced in 1974, can only be loaded manually, from a conveyor.