That’s a normal feature of many semiautomatic handguns. The barrel tilts out of the way to allow the slide to retract. And when the slide goes forward, it straightens the barrel and locks it into place. That gives the whole assembly enough strength to fire a cartridge.
Interesting, thank you for sharing, I learned something today.
Still makes little sense to me, as I’ve repaired a semi-automatic Swiss made handgun before (sorry I forget the model though, I no longer have it after my father passed).
That gun had a really unusual design in my opinion, where to remove the barrel, you’d simply cock and rack the whole thing, then twist the barrel like 90⁰ to the left and just pull it out. Then the rest of the gun would easily disassemble from there.
Just to look at it, it seemed rather dangerous and prone to jamming, but it really wasn’t, it was extremely well made. But the barrel, when properly installed, had no such tilt, it just lined up, perfectly.
I do kinda wish I still had that gun, but I don’t need any guns, not for me…
It still looked to me like a Swiss watchmaker shifted gears to start making guns, it really was a work of true WTF but perfectly functional art.
That’s a normal feature of many semiautomatic handguns. The barrel tilts out of the way to allow the slide to retract. And when the slide goes forward, it straightens the barrel and locks it into place. That gives the whole assembly enough strength to fire a cartridge.
Interesting, thank you for sharing, I learned something today.
Still makes little sense to me, as I’ve repaired a semi-automatic Swiss made handgun before (sorry I forget the model though, I no longer have it after my father passed).
That gun had a really unusual design in my opinion, where to remove the barrel, you’d simply cock and rack the whole thing, then twist the barrel like 90⁰ to the left and just pull it out. Then the rest of the gun would easily disassemble from there.
Just to look at it, it seemed rather dangerous and prone to jamming, but it really wasn’t, it was extremely well made. But the barrel, when properly installed, had no such tilt, it just lined up, perfectly.
I do kinda wish I still had that gun, but I don’t need any guns, not for me…
It still looked to me like a Swiss watchmaker shifted gears to start making guns, it really was a work of true WTF but perfectly functional art.