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Douglas "recoilless" submachine gun In 1969, a Canadian designer, Clifford N. Douglas, developed a highly unusual submachine gun which was billed as a "recoilless" SMG. This gun was unique in several ways, and acted as a testbed for some interesting concepts that were never fully fleshed out. The method of eliminating the felt recoil of the gun was achieved by having the bolt and barrel fixed together by a spring. When the gun was fired, the bolt would blow backward as expected, and the barrel would blow forward; the central spring connecting the two would then pull them back together, meanwhile the gap that had temporarily been opened would allow a new cartridge to be loaded into the breech from the magazine. Through this system, the impact of the bolt was barely felt by the user due to the force of the barrel acting against it. What the Douglas did not, and could not, eliminate was the force exerted by the energy of the bullet as it left the barrel, and thus there was still some "muzzle climb" with the Douglas SMG. Therefore what the gun was really designed to achieve was optimal comfort for the firer, rather than eliminating all recoil outright. Indeed, the Douglas could be fired with one hand with significantly greater ease than a standard blowback SMG or machine pistol. The operating principle of the Douglas submachine gun. The other significant feature of the Douglas submachine gun, besides the unique operating mechanism, was the magazine. The Douglas employed a "bullpup" layout in which the magazine was fed in from behind the trigger. The magazine designed for the gun was a tubular helical type, of a similar fashion to the much later Russian PP-19 Bizon SMG. However the magazine was not operated by a spring and follower, but was driven by the movement of the bolt (this can be contrasted to another Canadian experimental SMG, the SAL Model 2). The cartridges in the magazine sat in a spiraling fluted cylinder which was rotated by a sort of screw-type shaft protruding from the front end of the magazine. When the bolt came back it would engage with a series of "teeth" on the shaft and force a ? rotation of the cylinder. This would push a the current cartridge out of the magazine opening and a new cartridge would be elevated to the top of the magazine. When not loaded into the gun, the magazine shaft could be locked in place by a latch to prevent it from rotating unintentionally. The helical magazine(50 rds) The Douglas submachine gun was evaluated by the Canadian Army in the late 1960s or early 1970s, but it never advanced past an embryonic prototype stage. One imagines that the system used by this gun, while technically innovative, was probably not particularly reliable compared to a standard blowback operation.

Thursday was the worst -4F with windchill and lucky me working on the water front outdoors. Irony is my official job title is Inside Wireman which it turns out has nothing to do with indoors or outdoors. By monday we'll be back to normal for this time of year( low-mid 20F) and by weeks end above normal temps and rain. Very little snow so far which isn't good, a poor snow pack means a dry summer and forest fires

I love the fear mongering ... military grade amunition...

There are a few old wooden ocean going tugs that have been converted on the west coast here. If you're going to run in to rough seas these tugs are what you want be in

Tugs are cool

All part of their master plan... they'll rise up at night when no one expects them

Wouldn't that make them scarier if they suddenly showed up at night?

Not to be I noticed you didn't mention road runners... Not to be confused with attack alpacas

Always looking for a great lamb recipe

Fat Electrician discussing my favorite plane which never got the recognotion it deserved

37 are just the one's she knows about...

Probably more to do with the additional paperwork they had to do cutting into one of the many breaks.

It's an improvement, we still have a ways to go but it's a small victory in the right direction.

So once Canada passed laws banning the sale,transfer and importtation of handguns one of the many effects was taking handguns across the border. So basically one had to file import application(s) to cross back into Canada. To do so one had to set up a government account,get an import/export number, then file a seperate application per handgun, pay a #$&%#$ fee per handgun( good for only one time) and be restricted to specific border crossings. After a bit and arguing we were not actually importing anything but returning with our property, much like the vehicle we were driving, the fees were dropped but paperwork exsisted. This still required pre planning of at least 10 business days to be sure the paperwork arrived in time. The shocking news- Notice to Import N0. 1106 (15 Dec 2023) states Import permits are not required for the re-importation of lawfully registered handguns by individuals holding a possession and acquisition licence (PAL) and registration certificate. I'm going to give it a month or so to filter down to the border guards along with hopefully some others to try it and educate the guards.

He left his mark in both the world of guns and horses.

One of the differnces in my favor is that Canadian law only requires a vehicle to be 15 years old to be imported into the country where the US requires 25 years.

Here's an address and phone number, if for some reason they don't want to deal cross border PM me and we can discuss options. I haven't dealt with them personally. I haven't heard anything terribly bad nor amazing reports. Western Metal Alloyers · Phone 301-4655 54 Ave Ne, Calgary AB T3J3Z4 (403) 279-8184

No gift exchange, in some ways it's our version of Black Friday sales. It's a holdiday up here and was the day when businesses had their huge blow oput sale. Now sales start begining of Dec. As to Christmas haul well you saw my Christmas present to myself for at least the next 10 years

Better than being a jackass...

Merry Christmas to y'all

Where in Canada? might be able to help out plus I'll be in Arizona in March.

Can't go wrong with bagpipes and a short kilt( especially if she's going regimental) the red hair will probably get you in trouble

Balls that big, pants aren't practical,suprised the Marine Corps doesn't issue kilts.

While we sit here and read history that man lived and created it.