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Section 8: Handguns Subject: Latest Ruger .22 Msg# 998573
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Good point - I hadn't thought deeply enough about it to realize we were talking about a blowback-action .22 here where only the bolt itself reciprocates!  Maybe that's because I had just recently read about the same usage in the Burke novel I mentioned but in that book Burke was talking about a military 1911/1911A1.
The baby blue part of the 22/45 Lite is indeed part of the receiver. Whether or not only that piece could be called the receiver in total is a much less meaningful semantic exercise. I won't get back into that except to idly wonder where the serial number is marked on these pistols... Stu |
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For reference, the above message is a reply to a message where: I believe this is fairly unique usage, but not new for Ruger in that there is no "slide," but rather a receiver as in a bolt-action or semi-auto rifle, semi-permanently attached to the barrel. In other words, it would take a gunsmith with proper tools to remove the barrel from the receiver just like on a rifle--it's screwed into the receiver. Inside the receiver is a reciprocating bolt, as in the rifles mentioned. Usage has always been this way with the Ruger .22 auto pistols. |
