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Unread 07-30-2012, 06:59 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by ithacaartist View Post
...I'm not familiar with the mechanical characteristics of the open bolt that make it what it is....
I've fired a Sten, an MP-40, and an Uzi...All open bolt full auto...And there is a delay from when you pull the trigger and the bolt is in motion and finally strikes the cartridge...A noticeable delay; maybe a quarter or even a half second...

And while the bolt is being driven forward by the recoil spring there is an equal force pushing backwards (Newton's Third Law) and this gives the smg a floating feeling...And none of these is especially light, but the feeling of that mass in motion gives them a very light fluttery feeling...

...YMMV...
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