The SCHWARZLOSE 1908 Semi-auto .32"ACP Blow-Forward Action.
Well I think that I've got it - but I'm not sure that I could explain it clearly without one in my hand to demonstrate! - Luckily, the Great Flying Spaghetti Monster has thought it all out and invented Youtube where you can find almost anything.
It looks like a neat wee design but I wonder how reliable it is in use with different variants of ammo.
The spring-loaded barrel moves forward opening the breech that lets the empty shell eject and the sprung magazine pushes-up the next round into a position to be chambered by the barrel coming back into position. - There is no 'slide'.
Well the video shows it all happening:
I wonder if that action would work with a 9mm NATO power level cartridge.
Designed by Andreas W Schwarzlose - the 1908 was only made for three years in the German Empire - that might suggest that this "slide-less" design had limited reliability or other short-comings. The six round box magazine in 32ACP fed a 121mm barrel (- four and three-quarter inch), with a muzzle velocity reported as 305m/sec.
- There was a machine gun that used this blow-forward action, and several other pistol designs.
Marty K
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