Talk:Open bolt

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1 cocking
2 Diagram?
3 "No need for cocking"
4 Rate of fire

[edit] cocking

Do they have to be cocked before the first shot? --Gbleem 04:49, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

I have limited pratice with open-bolt weapons, but as for the MG3 (7.62mm version of the MG42), the weapon is actually cocked AFTER the last shot, or at least BEFORE loading ammo into it. But in any way, the striker/firing pin has to be cocked in a way or another, otherwise the weapon just could not fire.

breversa 14:58, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Diagram?

Does anybody feel like finding or making a diagram of how an open bolt works? My only gun experience is from video games, so I'm curious... Ailes Grises 02:57, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] "No need for cocking"

If I understand the "no need for cocking after reloading" part correctly, it is simply just not true. Yes, the gas from the last round will send the bolt back into its ready position, but unless you let go of the trigger at EXACTLY the right time(that is, at the right nanosecond, not practically possible), the bolt will move forward into the chamber, and since there's no round there, nothing will push it back again. So if you load a new mag/belt, the bolt will be in the FORWARD position, and you do have to cock the weapon, otherwise nothing will happen.

The exception is, of course, if you replace the mag/belt BEFORE it's empty, in those cases there would be no need to cock it, but then again that is true for closed bolt weapons also.

Bottom line: There is no difference between open and closed bolt weapons regarding the need to cock the weapon after reloading.

[edit] Rate of fire

Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't open bolt firearms generally have a higher rate of fire than closed bolt firearms?--LWF 01:33, 28 September 2007 (UTC)