Frag Out! Magazine
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DESIGn Magnum Research Desert Eagle Mark XIX is pretty com- plicated guns due the use of very powerful revolver am- munition. It's gas operated semi-automatic pistolsWhen a round is fired, gases are ported out through a small hole in the barrel near the breech. These travel forward through a small tube under the barrel, to a cylinder near the front of the barrel. The slide which acts as the bolt carrier has a small piston on the front that fits into this cylinder. When the gases reach the cylinder they push the piston rear- ward. The slide rides rearward on two rails on either side of the barrel, both with action springs around them, with a large pin inside the camming surface in the rear of the bolt that causes the bolt to rotate and unlock. A cylindri- cal mechanism on the left side of the bolt, called the bolt stabilizer assembly, prevents the bolt from rotating free- ly as the slide moves, enabling it to align correctly with the barrel again as the slide moves it forward. The spring loaded ejector pin is continually being depressed by the case, until the case is free of the chamber and releases tension from the ejector, causing the case to fly out, be- coming released from the extractor claw in the process. The slide reaches its rear-most travel, then rides forward again under tension of the springs around the slide rails, www.fragoutmag.com