• Blowback is a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains energy from the motion of the cartridge case as it is pushed to the rear by expanding...
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  • Below is a list of delayed-blowback firearms. The table is sortable for every column. 1216 BULLISH HEAT - Tactical-Life.com...
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  • This is a list of advanced primer ignition blowback firearms (API)....
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  • firearms are manufactured in several different locations in Ohio. Hi-Point semi-automatic pistols are polymer framed handguns based on the blowback design...
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    Blank-firing adapter (category Firearm training)
    used with recoil-operated firearms typically replace the locked breech of a recoil operated firearm with a simple blowback system using a restricted barrel...
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    helical forms. Notable firearms using fluted chambers are the roller-delayed blowback Heckler & Koch G3 and lever-delayed blowback FAMAS and AA-52. Roller...
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    ammunition into the firearm. Unlike single-shot firearms, which can only hold and fire a single round of ammunition, a repeating firearm can store multiple...
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  • propellant in firearms and as a pyrotechnic composition in fireworks. Since 1886, most firearms use smokeless powder. Black powder substitute: A firearm propellant...
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    Oerlikon 20 mm cannon (category API blowback firearms)
    High-angle gun mount with single KAB List of autocannon List of API blowback firearms 20mm caliber 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling 20 mm modèle F2 gun 25 mm...
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  • Look up blowback in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blowback may refer to: Blowback (firearms), a system of operation for self-loading firearms that obtains...
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    has a nominally circular cross-section. In most automatic firearms that use delayed blowback, recoil, or gas operation, the bolt itself is housed within...
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    Uzi (redirect from Uzi firearms)
    romanized: Ūzi; officially cased as UZI) is a family of Israeli open-bolt, blowback-operated submachine guns and machine pistols first designed by Major Uziel...
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    Heckler & Koch G41 (category Roller-delayed blowback firearms)
    Roller Delayed Blowback" – via www.youtube.com. "Firearms History, Technology & Development: Actions: Blowback Action: Roller Delayed Blowback". August 19...
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    Volkssturmgewehr (category Gas-delayed blowback firearms)
    operation Wimmersperg Spz-kr prototype assault rifle Gas-delayed blowback firearms Volkspistole Peter G. Kokalis (Jul 1, 2012) "LAST-DITCH TREASURES"...
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    Heckler & Koch MP5 (category Roller-delayed blowback firearms)
    recoil due to its roller-delayed action as opposed to the UMP's straight blowback action. Heckler & Koch, encouraged by the success of the G3 battle rifle...
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    MP 40 (category Simple blowback firearms)
    with a folding stock. Both variants are closed-bolt, blowback-operated semi-automatic firearms that vary substantially from originally manufactured MP...
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  • Recoil operation (category Firearm actions)
    locked-breech autoloading firearms. Recoil operated firearms use the energy of recoil to cycle the action, as opposed to gas operation or blowback operation using...
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    In firearms terminology, an action is the functional mechanism of a breech-loading firearm that handles (loads, locks, fires, extracts, and ejects) the...
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    Locked breech (category Firearm terminology)
    pressures escape. Blowback firearms sometimes lack an extractor as they really aren't necessary for this method of operation. Delayed blowback This action is...
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    MK 108 cannon (category API blowback firearms)
    T78 autocannon, but this did not see production either. List of API blowback firearms MK 101 cannon MK 103 cannon MK 115 cannon Lepage, Jean-Denis G. G...
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    An automatic firearm or fully automatic firearm (to avoid confusion with semi-automatic firearms) is an autoloading firearm that continuously chambers...
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    MAC-10 (category Simple blowback firearms)
    "M10" or "M-10", and more commonly known as the MAC-10, is a compact, blowback operated machine pistol/submachine gun that was developed by Gordon Ingram...
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    Heckler & Koch HK33 (category Roller-delayed blowback firearms)
    Does It Work: Roller Delayed Blowback" – via www.youtube.com. Thornton, Nathan (October 12, 2019). "How Roller-Delayed Firearms Work and Why it Matters"....
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  • firearms using Advanced Primer Ignition (API blowback) for its operation, notably autocannons such as the 20mm Becker/Oerlikon series. API Blowback firearms...
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    Sterling submachine gun (category API blowback firearms)
    2017. "Patchett". firearms.96.lt. Archived from the original on 17 July 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2018. "Patchett machine-carbine". Firearms Curiosa. Archived...
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    Sten (category Simple blowback firearms)
    effective insurgency weapon for resistance groups. The Sten is a select fire, blowback-operated weapon with a side-mounted magazine. Sten is an acronym, derived...
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  • StG 45(M) (category Roller-delayed blowback firearms)
    and Weapons Development Group. Experiments showed roller-delayed blowback firearms exhibited bolt-bounce. To counter bolt- bounce the perfect angle choice...
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    Mk 19 grenade launcher (category API blowback firearms)
    that was first developed during the Vietnam War. The Mk 19 is a belt-fed, blowback-operated, air-cooled, crew-served, fully-automatic weapon that is designed...
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  • carbines, designated marksman rifles, multiple-barrel firearms, grenade launchers, underwater firearms, anti-tank rifles, anti-materiel rifles and any other...
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    CETME C2 (category Simple blowback firearms)
    submachine gun based on the British Sterling L2A3. It is an open bolt, blowback operated firearm that fires the 9x23mm Largo & 9x19mm pistol cartridge. Designed...
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