1902 Carbine

[alvin]

Originally posted by Imperial Arms With the added mass of the barrel and the accelerator in the forearm,

The accelerator surprises me a little bit. If it's a "bolt accelerator" (as in Lahti L-35), then it transfers some of recoil energy allocated to barrel (by weight) to the bolt to help the bolt gaining enough energy to operate reliably. Why an accelerator was put into the design could be interesting. There could be two possibilties (1) even +P by itself could not operate the gun so an accelerator was needed; or (2) it could be inserted into the design to accommodate regular ammo.

As a new collector, it's not easy for me to post question marks in this session, and I bypass guns with big question mark, let alone an expansive one. Just try to look at it from academic angle. Please pardon me.