Let me preface this by saying that I absolutley do not plan on doing anything illegal, or helping anyone else to do anything illegal. I ask this purely out of my own curiosity, and nothing else.
Suppose you were to chop an ar-15 (or other semi-auto rifle) barrel down to the the gas block. How would that affect the pressure in the bore, as it relates to cycling the action? Would it cycle too hard? Too light?
Would the situation be different for a piston driven rifle somehow? I'm assuming the pressure would be higher at the point when gas starts gas tap, which leads me to believe that the piston would be shoving the bolt back considerably harder. Will this eventually damage the gun? For example, the spring around the piston on a Sig 550 series rifle acts as a recoil spring. The way you need a heavier recoil spring in a pistol for hotter loads, would you need a heavier piston spring?
Suppose you were to chop an ar-15 (or other semi-auto rifle) barrel down to the the gas block. How would that affect the pressure in the bore, as it relates to cycling the action? Would it cycle too hard? Too light?
Would the situation be different for a piston driven rifle somehow? I'm assuming the pressure would be higher at the point when gas starts gas tap, which leads me to believe that the piston would be shoving the bolt back considerably harder. Will this eventually damage the gun? For example, the spring around the piston on a Sig 550 series rifle acts as a recoil spring. The way you need a heavier recoil spring in a pistol for hotter loads, would you need a heavier piston spring?