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striker
02-04-2002, 09:39 PM
Okay. First, exactly what happens when a mag short-strokes? I read somewhere that the air is released before the bolt completely closes, thus pushing the next ball up the powerfeed/standard feed. "blooping it" was the term they used, I believe. That would, in turn, cause the next ball to be chopped in rapid fire. Right?

Now then, I started thinking about the new IR3's one-way fall feed thingy in the elbow, and I thought about how that could possibly elimintate chops due to short stroking (that is, if short stroking works the way i think it works...) simply becuase the one-way feed would eliminate the next ball from "blooping" up the feed tube, and therefore be ready to get expelled out the barrel. What do ya think? :)

striker
02-04-2002, 10:06 PM
Well, would it work? :)

striker
02-04-2002, 10:47 PM
well someone's gotta know!

FooTemps
02-04-2002, 11:04 PM
No, it wouldn't... That's what a powerfeed does...

striker
02-04-2002, 11:08 PM
Hmmm... Well, could you at least tell me what exactly <i>does</i> happen when a mag is short stroked? I'm not sure you understand what I'm thinking about...

Thanks for the reply! :)

Cardinal_Biggles
02-05-2002, 12:03 AM
I found this thread in a search. It explains things pretty clearly.
http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20499&highlight=shortstroking
Hope it helps.