Talk:Blish lock

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[edit] Possible Copyright Violation?

The second paragraph of this article appears to have been lifted verbatim from the Web page "Development of the Thompson Submachine gun" at http://www.nfatoys.com/tsmg/web/history.htm --Chuckhoffmann 08:51, 26 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Does the Blish Principle even exist?

There is some debate whether or not the Blish principle even exists. Some say that in the Thompson SMG the Blish lock functions like a retarded blowback mechanism. I have not been able to find conclusive evidence online (most Web Searches on "Blish Lock" or "Blish Principle" merely link back to this article or any one of its numerous reproductions). Hatcher's Notebook, by J. S. Hatcher, refers to the Blish lock on pp. 44-46, but does not give a conclusion as to whether the Blish principle works as described or not. There's also an article in Small Arms Review, volume 6, issue 3, by Captain Monty Mendenhall that discusses the Blish lock, but I don't have access to this magazine.

Given the controversy, I've re-written the article to be less positive in its assertations of how the Blish lock works until I can find more conclusive evidence. --Chuckhoffmann 23:50, 27 November 2005 (UTC)