JS>VH>machine gun. These are all locked breech weapons -- the hammer doesn't
JS>VH>drop until the breechblock or bolt is fully locked.
JS>VH>The reason is to prevent cook offs -- if you heat a machine gun up and
JS>VH>then cease fire with a round in the chamber, you can get a nasty
JS>VH>surprise as that round suddenly goes off and cycles the gun.
JS>HK's P7's are prone to doing this after about a dozen clips rapid fire in
JS>a row.  Most folks don't have a dozen clips though...
Not in a real shootout -- but I can imagine on a range, there might be
some interesting incidents.  You'd want to be real sure all slides were
locked back before allowing anyone down range. :-)
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