RE: AK-47 Operation Question

["Roger Stenning \(G1LIW\)" <g1liw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob -

> Stupid Q, but... I thought the AK fired from an open bolt.  That was
> always my assumption, I admit, but given the general inaccuracy of the
> AK action, I just took for granted that it was an open-bolt design.

No, it's closed bolt.

The RPK, IIRC, is open bolt, though, as befits an MG.

Best regards,

Roger Stenning,
UK Amateur Radio call sign: G1LIW
ICQ: 74721632
Organiser,
the Impossible Scenarios Group
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