Some fully automatic weapons such as the M16 have a switch that you can choose full automatic or three round bursts. Full auto means you can pull the trigger and hold it and it will fire every bullet in the magazine. If it is switched to 3 round burst and you pull the trigger and hold it, the gun only fires 3 shots with each pull of the trigger.
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