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Open Bolt Mechanism for Machine Guns by Hosiah Blackford is a document available to read on EtoBox.
1) Alfred Corte filed a patent on December 6, 1944 for an improved bolt mechanism for guns. 2) The mechanism uses a plurality of bolts that cooperate with a single breech block to successively withdraw rounds from an ammunition belt, fire the rounds, and replace the empty cartridge cases back into the belt. 3) It aims to provide a sturdy, effective means for locking the individual bolts into the barrel extension to fire successive rounds in a positive, dependable and rapid manner.
- Author
- Hosiah Blackford
- Language
- EN