Blowback (firearms) - Wikipedia The blowback (sometimes referred to as "simple", "straight" or "pure" blowback) system represents the most basic auto loading operation type In a blowback mechanism, the bolt rests against the rear of the barrel, but is not locked in place
BLOWBACK Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com BLOWBACK definition: the escape to the rear of gases formed during the firing of a weapon or in a boiler, internal-combustion engine, etc See examples of blowback used in a sentence
Blowback - definition of blowback by The Free Dictionary Blowback may be caused by a defective breech mechanism, a ruptured cartridge case, or a faulty primer 2 Type of weapon operation in which the force of expanding gases acting to the rear against the face of the bolt furnishes all the energy required to initiate the complete cycle of operation
blowback - Wiktionary, the free dictionary blowback (countable and uncountable, plural blowbacks) (firearms) A type of action where the pressure from the fired cartridge blows a sliding mechanism backward to extract the fired cartridge, chamber another cartridge, and cock the hammer