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  2. Recoil operation - Wikipedia

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    The moving and the motionless masses are coupled by a spring that absorbs the recoil energy as it is compressed by the movement and then expands providing energy for the rest of the operating cycle. Since there is a minimum momentum required to operate a recoil-operated firearm's action, the cartridge must generate sufficient recoil to provide ...

  3. SIG Sauer P226 - Wikipedia

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    This would have made operating the slide manually much more difficult, so the use of a milled stainless slide (coupled with the new milling and stainless production capabilities found in the U.S. factory) with a standard weight recoil spring was chosen instead. A standard weight recoil spring for the P229 is 71 N (16 lb f). A spring weight of ...

  4. Heckler & Koch USP - Wikipedia

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    One of the distinguishing features of the USP is the mechanical recoil reduction system. It consists of a short additional spring located within the main recoil spring on the breech end of the recoil spring assembly. Designed primarily to reduce wear on the pistol's components, the system also lowers the peak recoil forces felt by the shooter.

  5. Blowback (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    In firearms, a blowback system is generally defined as an operating system in which energy to operate the firearm's various mechanisms, and automate the loading of another cartridge, is derived from the inertia of the spent cartridge case being pushed out the rear of the chamber by rapidly expanding gases produced by a burning propellant, typically gunpowder. [3]

  6. SIG Sauer P320 - Wikipedia

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    Cd .357 SIG. The full-size slide also fits the carry-size grip module without any part of the recoil spring showing. Full size – Fits any SIG P320 full-size slide in 9mm, .40 S&W, and .357 SIG; In January 2019, SIG Sauer announced the XCompact handgun as the newest entry in their X Series lineup. [31]

  7. .22 TCM - Wikipedia

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    The factory M1911 recoil spring weights: 8 lbs for 22TCM; and 12 lbs for 9mm. Magazines are based on the Para P18 pattern in 9mm/.38 Super, and are double column, with a 17 round capacity. There was a limited production run on Glock 19 and 17 conversion barrel kits.

  8. Webley–Fosbery Automatic Revolver - Wikipedia

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    Sights. blade (front), U-notch (rear) The Webley–Fosbery Self-Cocking Automatic Revolver is a recoil-operated automatic revolver designed by Lieutenant Colonel George Vincent Fosbery VC and produced by the Webley & Scott company from 1901 to 1924. The revolver is easily recognisable by the zig-zag grooves on the cylinder.

  9. Recoil - Wikipedia

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    Recoil is explained by the law of conservation of momentum, and so it is easier to discuss it separately from energy. Momentum is simply mass multiplied by velocity. Velocity is speed in a particular direction (not just speed). In a very technical sense, speed is a scalar (mathematics): a magnitude; while velocity is a vector (physics ...