impingement

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On a piston gun or gas-impingement, the case is being extracted while the suppressor is still under pressure.

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  • A patient suffering under this situation may even feel minor trauma causing irritation and nerve root impingement which indirectly results into back ache. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • M4 / M4A1 - type direct-gas-impingement (DGI) carbine in 31 weeks without a single malfunction attributable to anything except bad ammunition or bad magazines, with a grand total of 9 malfunctions. —  Defense Review
  • FERFRANS SOAR direct-gas-impingement (DGI) SBRs, since we put approximately 1500 rounds through them. —  Defense Review
  • So the move - done wrong - can lead to shoulder impingement or worse, a tear in the rotator cuff. —  WebMD Health
  • Though I own an AR, I don't like the AR direct-impingement design. —  The Jawa Report
 

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