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Do Rifles have one in a chamber?

Asked by yaujj48 (1176points) March 12th, 2021

I know one in a chamber is where one bullet remains in the gun. The common method is where you reload half empty magazine and the bullet get stuck there due to one round automatically rise up after shooting one round.

I know pistol tend to do that but what about assault rifles, they act similar to pistol in semi automatic action. Would that explain why there is no full reload in video games when you reload the rifle half way and only a full reload if the rifle is empty.

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ragingloli's avatar

Depends on whether the gun is open or closed bolt. The latter do.

kritiper's avatar

On a M-16, when the last round is fired, the bolt locks in the open position. When a fresh magazine is inserted, the bolt release is pushed and the bolt closes, loading a fresh round in the chamber. Some automatic pistols do the same thing, like the Colt 1911.

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