Re: [SG] more ww2

"laserlight@quixnet.net" wrote:
> 
> >I don't like the selection of the 9mmNATO round as a "manstopper".
> 
> I don't know how accurate the Uzi is but given the particular
circumstances
> when the Service is likely to need them, I'd maybe want something that
> might be a little less of the "spray the crowd" type and more of the
> "target that one individual in the crowd."

FWIW, an Uzi "slamfires" or "shoots from an open bolt". 

When you pull the trigger the bolt (something like a pound of
metal) lurches forward slamming a cartridge out of the magazine
into the end of the barrel and firing it off in one motion, which
is fine for a spraying-the-crowd type of weapon. This used to be
normal when SMGs were common and had to be really cheap and mass
produced.

More modern designs of SMG "shoot from a closed bolt" just like a
rifle or other firearm that is expected to be accurate from the
first shot. The classic example would be the Heckler & Koch MP5,
(made famous by the SAS in the Iranian Embassy siege) which is a
shrunken G3 rifle. The bolt has already closed and loaded the next
cartridge when the trigger pull drops a small hammer or striker
onto the firing pin, making for much less lurching. More
complexity, costs more, more specialised market.

Back in their day, Uzi's were really compact and concealable, but
that was, like, the 70's, man. Cra-zy. Are they really only
replacing them now?

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