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Originally Posted by WilsonTC
What's so different about that gun that makes it too hot to handle? I never recall having to let a gun cool in all my years of shooting (but I've never shot a squeeze-cocker, either).  |
It is gas retarded blowback.
Gas from propellant combustion is syphoned off from the barrel slightly ahead of the chamber and used to keep the action locked until the projectile is out of the barrel and the bore pressures are within safe limits for action unlocking.
The gas cylinder is located under the barrel and over the trigger gaurd area. Since very hot gases are fed into this area it becomes very hot. Hot enough to burn flesh in short order with rapid fire.
Robar it.