Doesn't the original M1 Carbine use a rotary-bolt like the Garand? Citadel's website calls the action a "Semiautomatic, Bolt Locking Blowback System". Has anyone seen one of these up-close? Could the puny .22LR really have enough recoil to operate that complex and heavy an action (if it is, in fact, similar to the M1 Carbine action)?
...does that mean this thing is a gas powered .22 rifle?
It all sounds pretty neat...but can't you buy a run-of-the-mill surplus M1 Carbine for about that money?
Doesn't the original M1 Carbine use a rotary-bolt like the Garand? Citadel's website calls the action a "Semiautomatic, Bolt Locking Blowback System". Has anyone seen one of these up-close? Could the puny .22LR really have enough recoil to operate that complex and heavy an action (if it is, in fact, similar to the M1 Carbine action)?
...does that mean this thing is a gas operated .22 rifle?
It all sounds pretty neat...but can't you buy a run-of-the-mill surplus M1 Carbine for about that money?
Seems like blowback and bolt locking would be mutually exclusive descriptions. And my understanding would be that blowback would by definition NOT be gas operated (?)