Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "San Cristobal Model 2: A Lever-Delayed .30 Carbine" video.

  1. Is like saying "why bother to have a car industry when you can buy used Fords".
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  2.  @samobispo1527  Given away for free vs. sell the cars you produce to others and not being dependent to others for spare parts. Better to produce anyway.
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  3.  @samobispo1527  200.000 guns had been made. 19.000 went to the Dominican Army, the rest had been sold abroad. So it had been better to produce it.
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  4. The Italian FNAB-43 smg was lever delayed too (here the bolt https://www.traxarm.it/area/prod/img002727A.jpg ) but only 7000 had been made (during WWII).
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  5. Yes, and it has a lot of mass in the forward part of the bolt, that makes little sense since, for every weight you keep away from the front part, you have to add only a fraction of that weight to the rear part to have the same delay of opening. for a comparison, that's the bolt of a FNAB-43, a lever delayed SMG made in italy during WWII. https://www.traxarm.it/area/prod/img002727A.jpg In that case it's obvious the designer wanted the weight to be in the rear part.
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  6. Not really. Like the Beretta Mab 38 it's only rational. The ejection port is on the left side because, when a right hander hold the rifle, it's easier to look into it that way.
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  7. Still first gen. The entire bolt is behind the breech. That's why the magazine is so far from the trigger.
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