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Unread 01-09-2006, 11:32 AM   #10
Dwight Gruber
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Originally posted by Ron Smith
I wonder if these were equiped with a bolt lock, as on more modern models of silenced pistols?

In Vietnam I had the chance to examine a suppressed SEAL Team issued Ruger MK 1. Used for dispatching sentries and perimeter guards. It had a selective intregal bolt lock to prevent cyclic bolt clatter.
Developmental tests of the silenced Luger required subsonic ammunition for true silencing. I suspect that (believe I have read??) these rounds are not powerful enough to operate the action.

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