PPSH-41 - "Burp" Gun

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 2/3/20 | I McCollum

[w1n1]

Have you heard of the "Burp Gun"?, no not the Grease gun.
This Russian gun is rich with history. The sub-machinegun was used as a close-quarter gun during WWII by the Russians against the Germans.
The Russian PPSh-41 was known to many as the "Burp Gun" due to the sound it made when fired. With an incredibly high cycling rate of around 1,000 rounds per minute, this submachine gun is incredible.
The PPSH can fire from a stick magazine that holds 35 rounds or a drum magazine that holds 71 rounds. The light, recoiling cartridge allows for very controllable firing despite the high rate of fire. Misfeeding is likely to occur with more than about 65 rounds.

In addition to feed issues, the drum magazine is slower and more complicated to load with ammunition than the later 35-round box magazine that increasingly supplemented the drum after 1942. While holding fewer rounds, the box magazine does have the advantage of providing a superior hold for the supporting hand. Although the PPSh is equipped with a sliding bolt safety, the weapon's open-bolt design still presents a risk of accidental discharge if the gun is dropped on a hard surface. Read the rest of PPSH-41 burp gun.

[\/\/ayne]

I remember reading where the Red Chinese had some burp guns while reading about the Korean War.

[Mastador1]

Have I heard of the Burp gun? Well hell yeah lots of us had them when I was a kid, and not a single adult or cop freaked out or tried to kill us for being normal, you know that thing boys aren't allowed to be nowadays, American boys!

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHWL_enUS742US743&q=mattel+burp+gun&tbm=isch&source=univ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiNkabhibbnAhUGJzQIHQ2nDpMQ7Al6BAgJECs&biw=1920&bih=986

[babble-on]

Good lord. That’s some ingenuity there.

[GingisK]

That is correct. Any man would call it a BELCH gun.

[rlmorel]

Hahahahaha! I actually did LOL as I read your post, I can just see that going down...:O

[mylife]

“puff”

[mylife]

I had on of these in semi auto.

Very simple gun

[Sawdring]

The Iconic "Burp Gun" - Shooting the PPSh-41

It didn't sound like a burp to me.

[Openurmind]

The internals appear to be very similar to the SKS internals but simpler. Doesn’t appear to be a two piece bolt carrier and separate bolt, just the bolt and spring? Can’t get much simpler than that. I like how it just tips open to pull the bolt and spring.

[NorseViking]

Sks is gas-operated, ppsh is open-bolt.

[Openurmind]

Recoil cycled, much easier with a short cartridge. I understood that part. Just cool how simple it is designed as to be opened and cleaned so easily. Like mentioned, very simple design. :)

[NorseViking]

I got it:) But if you want really simple PPS is that.

[Openurmind]

Yep, less complicated and less moving parts the better the reliability. I got rid of all my AR platform firearms for that reason alone. For general purpose practicality and bullet proof reliability I will stick with the SKS. They can say what they like, but I have been there with situations where it truly mattered my firearm absolutely remained functional without fail in very poor conditions.