Gas-delayed blowback

Gas-delayed blowback (also called gas-retarded blowback) is a firearm operating principle (not to be confused with gas-operated). The bolt is never really locked, and so is pushed rearward by the expanding propellant gases as in other blowback-based designs. However, propellant gases are vented from the barrel into a cylinder with a piston that delays the opening of the bolt.

Gas-delayed blowback is one of the rarer operating principles. It is used by the HK P7 and Steyr GB pistols.

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See also: Gas-delayed blowback, Blowback, Bolt, Firearm, Gas-operated, HK P7, Propellant, Weapon, Steyr GB