1.To properly make a firearm safe, what checks would you perform?
Making sure the firearm stays pointed in a safe direction. Remove the firearms feeding source. Open the action and inspect for ammunition. If the firearm has a safety selector switch, make sure it is in the safe position before moving on.
2.In the Browning Auto 5 long recoil platform, at what point in the movement of the action
parts is the spent case ejected and where is the ejector located?
Now this is an interesting firearm. This shotgun has a barrel that recoils with the bolt after the
shot. Once all the way to the rear the two extractors hold the rim and as the barrel travels
forward without the bolt because of its recoil spring. It then releases one of the spring loaded extractors and the pressure on one side of the rim coupled with a barrel that is now out of the way equals ejection of the spent case. The extractors also work as ejectors and there are two of them, one on each side of the bolt.
3.In the Glock short recoil system, what components unlock the slide and barrel from one
another and when does this happen?
The recoil and the pressure of the round being fired kick the slide back and in that moment the barrel tilts and drops out of battery. This unlocks the barrel from the slide allowing for
extraction and ejection.
4.In the inertia recoil system, what component is responsible driving the bolt assembly
rearward and how does this component receive its energy to do so?
The locking head has a recoil spring behind it and they both sit inside the bolt itself. The inertia of a fired round pushes back on the locking head and compresses the spring that stores energy that now wants to push the bolt back for extraction and ejecting.
5.When analyzing the locking phase in the recoil system and comparing it to that of the
blowback system, what do you notice?
The blowback system doesn’t store energy and begins the extraction process immediately. The locking phase in other recoil systems allow for a split-second delay in the extraction process and store the energy before allowing it to release and cycle the firearm.
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