Talk:Roller-delayed blowback

Removed nonsense
I have removed the following addition, since it makes no sense:


 * "Roller-delayed blowback is a type of firearm action where a set of rollers delay the blowback of the weapon by bleeding off gas around the bullet when it is travelling through the barrel. Once the bullet exits the weapon the rest of the gas may then escape through the barrel and normalizing the internal pressure. This method of action reduces recoil thus making fully automatic weapons more manageable by a considerable degree. One drawback to this system is that because the action chambers after each shot regardless, the bolt must be manually drawn back in order to chamber a newly inserted magazine. Since most weapons that implement this system are intended for military purposes the delay between reloads due to this inconvenience could be costly from a tactical point of view".

"...bleeding off gas around the bullet when it is travelling through the barrel. "? Huh? Leibniz 17:31, 1 June 2006 (UTC)

roller delayed vs. roller locked
The diagrams appear to illustrate roller-locked, as used in the CZ-52 pistol, rather than HK-style roller delayed blowback. It also appears that roller-locked redirects here, even though they are distinctly different methods of operation. I'm going to give this some thought, and likely write a stub on roller locked in place of the redirect. I'm not an expert on either system--I've discovered the difference by referring to my new CZ-52 as roller delayed, being corrected, and investigating. Does anyone want to chime in first? Should this be a combined article or two separate? I'm inclined to think two separate articles. Sevesteen 04:27, 31 January 2007 (UTC)
 * The diagram actually appears to illustrate the HK system, albeit a very simplified version. AFAIK the only arms to use roller-locking per se, id est locking the bolt in some form is in the MG42 where the barrel is locked to the bolt. A good reference is at World Gun's MG42 Page which shows the bolt schematic. I do think however that a seperate is needed for roller-locked systems as in principle it is different.
 * Veritas Panther 11:17, 31 January 2007 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Blowback (arms)
AGREE I think we should put all the little blowback article stubs into one nice article. Arthurrh 18:48, 1 September 2007 (UTC)