by mmcnx2 on Fri Sep 23, 2016 9:38 am
I did see a video on these a few days ago. The front of the barrel has a slot that hooks on a pin in the frame and you pivot the rear of the barrel down on the frame which then locks in the rear.
I'm sure it is a huge improvement for ease of cleaning and will help sales. What it does for accuracy and reliability is yet to be seen. The Mark series has been one heck of a platform, let's hope they didn't mess it up.
On a lighter note, I'm old school, I've been taking apart Mark I,II and III's for 30+ years if you can't disassemble one down to the bare frame you aren't really a gun guy.
It is like trying to watch a someone claiming to be a 1911 guy and they can't do more than a field strip.
Heck, even most of the Glock folks can't disassemble those down to a bare frame; we have a whole new bunch of folks in the sport that have no idea how their guns actually function internally.
It is not unlike autos, computers, and half the other stuff people use today. Products seem to be engineered for the least common denominator.