Shear_stress
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With state legislators falling over each other to propose increasingly stupid and meaningless gun laws, it is interesting to see how manufacturers in countries with extremely strict gun laws cope with their own challenges. In Great Britain, where semi-automatic centerfire rifles have been banned since the late 1980s, AR-15-style rifles have enjoyed increasing popularity. Makers like Southern Gun Company have been cranking out straight pull, single shot, rimfire and even lever action ARs.
I saw the latest one on The Firearm Blog and was impressed by the cleverness of the design. It appears to be a blowback 9mm carbine that takes Glock magazines. A catch intercepts the recoiling bolt and keeps it in the rearward position. The user then depresses a lever, allowing the bolt to return to battery. The Youtube video embedded in the page below shows the thing operating fairly quickly.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2013/04/02/scg-lever-release-9mm-ar-15-carbine/
It's still not "fully" semi-auto, but it gets our friends across the Pond a little bit closer.
I saw the latest one on The Firearm Blog and was impressed by the cleverness of the design. It appears to be a blowback 9mm carbine that takes Glock magazines. A catch intercepts the recoiling bolt and keeps it in the rearward position. The user then depresses a lever, allowing the bolt to return to battery. The Youtube video embedded in the page below shows the thing operating fairly quickly.
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2013/04/02/scg-lever-release-9mm-ar-15-carbine/
It's still not "fully" semi-auto, but it gets our friends across the Pond a little bit closer.