Today's post is mostly about gas
Italian made gas delayed 1911
1911 Gas delayed modification from ncggasgun"
Only the rear portion of the slide reciprocates
I can't really find a good picture of this example but here is yet another gas delayed 1911 from Betterfirearmdesign, once again only the rear portion of the slide reciprocates
Barnes Precision adjustable gas tube
LaFrance M16K gas tube assembly, one of the tubes is a "dead end" and acts as an expansion chamber for the comedic amount of excess gas the M16K had.
Example installed on a gun that is very much not an M16K
16in AR with custom "fat" gas tube allowing more gas expansion when traveling through the tube
MicroMOA "Govnah" adjustable gas block, uses a sliding plate with 2-3 ports drilled in it
An I believe custom made example LaFrance style gas tube for an M16K Replica
And lastly (for images anyway) we have a first, an FGC-9 in India (SAAAAR DO NOT PRINT THE GUN SAAAAAR!)"
The Village where it was seized is apparently right on the Border of Indian and Myanmar possibly indicating it was smuggled
Oh and Keltec is making an MP7 thingy in 5.7
One last thing, in addition to Compensators (and to a lesser extent thumb rests/gas pedals) coming standard on the pistols of the future. I believe that the AR Pattern rifles of the future will not only come with enhanced bolts, gas systems and buffers but also intelligently designed barrels that come in every shape except the Government profile. In fact eight manufacturers offer for sale various forms of barrels with proprietary profiles that don't but unnecessary materials forward of the gas port, they are
-Faxon
-Geissele
-Black River Tactical
-BCM
-Ballistic Advantage
-Rosco
-SOLGW
-Criterion