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jason41987 · April 21, 2012, 08:11 AM

well jim watson.. i had absolutely no knowledge on the winchester 50/59, so i found a diagram for it... and it uses exactly what i mentioned.. though a bit over-engineered and too complicated, the moving breech was exactly what i had imagined, and the breech only goes back 1/10th of an inch, so the gases dont excape...

my idea though was to have a cam on the bolt unlock it from the breechplug section, similar to how a short-recoil operation works with a pistol

April 21, 2012, 08:11 AM	#19
jason41987 Senior Member Join Date: April 19, 2012 Posts: 479	well jim watson.. i had absolutely no knowledge on the winchester 50/59, so i found a diagram for it... and it uses exactly what i mentioned.. though a bit over-engineered and too complicated, the moving breech was exactly what i had imagined, and the breech only goes back 1/10th of an inch, so the gases dont excape... my idea though was to have a cam on the bolt unlock it from the breechplug section, similar to how a short-recoil operation works with a pistol Last edited by jason41987; April 21, 2012 at 08:38 AM.