Earlier I read an article talking about how straight blowback for rifles wouldn't be practical. Which is how we got to rotating bolts and locking mechanisms and all that good stuff.
But my question is, how does the gas work with a rotating bolt? Why is it the gas the unlocks the bolt and not the recoil from the discharge?
And for simplicity I was trying to think about it in an AK style of bolt and gas tube.
But my question is, how does the gas work with a rotating bolt? Why is it the gas the unlocks the bolt and not the recoil from the discharge?
And for simplicity I was trying to think about it in an AK style of bolt and gas tube.