I wonder why there's no such thing as a hesitation locked rifle. Seems like its characteristics would be similar to any proper delayed blowback system, but the energy input into the action would be better measured. The amount is not governed by a tricky balance of the mass of the carrier and locking wedge angle like in HK, but just the distance that the bolt travels before landing on the hard lock. This should allow shooting ammunition of varying power. Same principle as when an inertia shotgun collects a measured amount of energy in the central spring. But nobody did that, not even John Pedersen. Am I missing something, or it's just happened that way?

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