how is it gas operated if it’s one shot?
I smell bs
I suspect that the gun uses compressed gas as a propellant.
Every gun is gas operated. Even a BB gun, unless it’s one of the spring types..
I suspect you are talking about the semi-auto or auto action, but never the less, if it’s a ‘zip-gun’ as it appears, gas moves the projectile.
Not to detract from useless journalism errors.....
“how is it gas operated if it’s one shot?...” [BereanBrain, post 4]
“Every gun is gas operated...I suspect you are talking about the semi-auto or auto action, but never the less, if it’s a ‘zip-gun’ as it appears, gas moves the projectile. Not to detract from useless journalism errors.....” [sonova, post 29]
Clueless journalists are indeed most likely the case here.
Single-shot autoloading arms have been made:
https://www.alloutdoor.com/2022/06/08/potd-winchester-model-55-single-auto/
https://www.rimfirecentral.com/threads/winchester-model-55-single-shot-semi.1202923/
Winchester turn out thousands of their Model 55 22 rimfire single shot, beginning in 1957. It’s often called a semi-auto, or an autoloader, but a more precise description would be “auto ejecting.” Fired from an open bolt.
“Gas operated” refers more often to a mechanism with a gas piston (or a tube in the AR-15 family) that operates the bolt, but blowback actions take advantage of the propellant gases pushing back directly on the cartridge case, which then pushes back on the bolt.