How a semiautomatic pistol operates [View All]

[tburnsten]

Here is a neat interactive illustration of a Glock model 23 .40 S&W detachable box-magazine fed locked breech semiautomatic pistol. All of us here at DU, with the exception of any unknown Glock armorers, can learn quite a bit about the operation of semiautomatic pistols from this illustration, making our discussions more informed, and therefore, more productive. I highly encourage everyone to spend a few minutes paying close attention to this illustration so that you can further your knowledge of a class of weapon that is often brought up in public policy debates, and so understand the discussion more fully.

http://www.genitron.com/Glock23/IntGlock.html



This is the way all Glocks operate, one of the most ubiquitous autoloading pistols in the nation, found in many police and civilian duty, competition, target, open, and concealed carry holsters. I myself CC a Glock model 27, a slightly smaller but otherwise identical version of the pistol in the illustration. Although this illustration is of a Glock, the basic principles of operation apply to most common pistols. For instance the Browning tilting barrel method of breech locking is by far the most common in service-caliber autos (9mm, .40 S&W, .357 Sig, .45 ACP, and .45 GAP).

I feel that this thread will help our discussions on public policy as it relates to firearms immensely.