• Recoil operation is an operating mechanism used to implement locked-breech autoloading firearms. Recoil operated firearms use the energy of recoil to cycle...
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    Recoil (often called knockback, kickback or simply kick) is the rearward thrust generated when a gun is being discharged. In technical terms, the recoil...
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    M1894, Hino Komuro M1908 Pistol and the Schwarzlose Model 1908. The recoil operation is a type of locked-breech action used in semi-automatic and fully...
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    again. Most pistols use a short recoil operation to perform this, but some pistols use simple blowback or gas operation mechanisms. Most types of semi-automatic...
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  • self-loading firearms include delayed blowback, blow forward, gas operation, and recoil operation. In firearms, a blowback system is generally defined as an...
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    strength of the recoil spring are enough to absorb the recoil energy of the round, due to the round's relatively low bolt thrust. Blowback operation also permits...
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    really aren't necessary for this method of operation. Delayed blowback This action is found where recoil is light enough that a fully locked breech is...
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    Colt–Browning Model 1895 machine gun – a system that surpassed mechanical recoil operation to become the standard for most high-power self-loading firearm designs...
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  • manually actuate each shot. Semi-automatic shotguns use gas operation, blowback, or recoil operation to cycle the action, eject the empty shell, and load another...
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  • Browning is a 9.65×23mm calibre semi-automatic pistol using a short-recoil operation. The weapon is nearly identical to the M1911 but with a few differences...
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    the type of cycling principles used, such as recoil operation, blowback, blow forward, or gas operation. Self-loading firearms are designed with varying...
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    Pocket Pistol, Dreyse Model 1912 Parabellum) was of simple blowback recoil operation, though of unusual design. The same company also manufactured a 6.35 mm...
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    1883 and 1885, Hiram Maxim filed several patents on blowback-, recoil-, and gas-operation. In 1885, one year after Maxim's first gas-operated patent, a...
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    adopted in 1959. It is an air-cooled, recoil-operated machine gun, but also using cartridge gases to boost recoil. Though designed as a simplified alternative...
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    Colt Government in the case of Colt-produced models) is a single-action, recoil-operated, semi-automatic pistol chambered for the .45 ACP cartridge. The...
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    Taurus PT 24/7 is a semi-automatic pistol using the short type of recoil operation, and available in various models with double-action-only (DAO) and...
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    cartridge, and features an unusual open-bolt, hybrid long stroke, short recoil operation. The medium machinegun features weight reduction design, such as lightweight...
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    dual-barrel autocannon Caliber: 30×165mm, electrically primed Operation: recoil operation Length: 2,044 mm Barrel Length: 1,500 mm Weight (complete): 105 kg...
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    fitted with a barrel with a hard chrome plated bore. It uses a short recoil operation system with gas assistance and a rotary bolt. It can be fed with the...
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  • operating mechanism differed from the recoil-operated MK 101 in that it used a combination of gas and recoil operation. After firing, gas pressure served...
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    stamped steel receiver and a polymer housing/stock. It utilizes a short recoil operating system, which means that after it fires the round the barrel slides...
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    XM806 weighed about 63 pounds (29 kg) less (49% lighter), had 60% less recoil than the M2, and had a greater rate of fire than the failed previous attempt...
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    The Colt Commander is a single-action, semi-automatic, magazine-fed, and recoil-operated handgun based on the John M. Browning–designed M1911. It was the...
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  • Lycoris Recoil (Japanese: リコリス・リコイル, Hepburn: Rikorisu Rikoiru) is a Japanese original anime television series created by Spider Lily and Asaura. It was...
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  • 1 kg) Length 8.5 in (216 mm) Barrel length 5 in (127 mm) Cartridge .45 ACP Action Short recoil operation Feed system 14-round detachable box magazine...
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    cross-section. In most automatic firearms that use delayed blowback, recoil, or gas operation, the bolt itself is housed within the larger bolt carrier group...
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    Colt M1900 (category Short recoil firearms)
    shorter-cased .380 ACP) and was the first handgun to utilize short-recoil operation. The M1900 was developed from John M. Browning's earlier prototypes...
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    little recoil, far less than that produced by a live round, the recoil operation mechanism is not suitable for use with blanks. BFAs used with recoil-operated...
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  • Automatic Gun, M4, known as the T9 during development, was a 37 mm (1.46 in) recoil-operated autocannon designed by Browning Arms Company and entered service...
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    There are several methods of operation, with the most common being gas, recoil, and blowback operated: Gas operation uses the pressure of the gas (created...
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