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Old May 7, 2013, 08:15 AM   #2
Madcap_Magician
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Join Date: August 13, 2009
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Is there a prohibition on firearms firing from an open bolt? I am not aware of one.

The only real reason to have a firearm fire from an open bolt is to aid cooling for moderate to rapid sustained automatic fire. I can't imagine what the point of a single-shot firing from an open bolt would be.
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