Other Autoloading Systems
Other autoloading systems are:
- Blow forward firearms lack the use of a bolt but instead a moving barrel that gets dragged forward by the bullet until it leaves the barrel to cycle its action.
- Blowback firearms use the expanding gas impinging on the cartridge itself to push the bolt of the firearm rearward.
- Recoil operation uses the rearward movement of parts of the weapon counter to the ejecta moving forward, as described by Newton's third law of motion.
- Gatling and other mechanical means utilize mechanical energy from an operator turning a crank.
- Chain and others utilize external power through electrical or hydraulic energy for operation.
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