natedog
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I've been thinking about a mojor complaint over autoloading handguns: some believe that they're too complicated. So this is a gun entirely aimed at new shooters...
Lets start with a G17 as the basic platform. Glocks are already quite simple in operation (no external safety). From that, we put in an automatic-magzine release that drops the mag when it empties (sort of like an M1 Garand ejecting the empty en-bloc). When you insert the fresh magazine, the slide closes automatically (yes I know you can already do this with Glocks). Now we have a simplified autoloader: just insert a magzine, rack slide, shoot till empty, insert new magazine, shoot till empty, repeat. A mag release could be included in order to eject magzines early in case of a need to unload or clear a malfunction, and to automatically release the slide you can pull it back a quarter of an inch and let it go. Thoughts?
Lets start with a G17 as the basic platform. Glocks are already quite simple in operation (no external safety). From that, we put in an automatic-magzine release that drops the mag when it empties (sort of like an M1 Garand ejecting the empty en-bloc). When you insert the fresh magazine, the slide closes automatically (yes I know you can already do this with Glocks). Now we have a simplified autoloader: just insert a magzine, rack slide, shoot till empty, insert new magazine, shoot till empty, repeat. A mag release could be included in order to eject magzines early in case of a need to unload or clear a malfunction, and to automatically release the slide you can pull it back a quarter of an inch and let it go. Thoughts?