montana Wrote:I agree and understand what you are saying, but if the universal consensus supported gas ports, why did the US and Germany insist on developing gas traps?I don't know about Germany, but here is what Ian says about the US:
[COLOR="#0000FF"]"The first successful semiauto rifle submitted to the US War Department was this design by Soren Hansen Bang of Denmark, in 1911. Two examples were sent to Springfield armory for testing, and they made a very positive impression with the staff there.
Bang presented another gun to the US military in 1927, but it was very similar to his original, and while the original gun had great promise, it was not refined enough for military service. When John Garand began working on a replacement for his early primer-actuated rifle, Ordnance officers urged him develop Bang’s basic principle. He did so, and this led to the early gas-trap Garand rifle."[/COLOR]
https://www.forgottenweapons.com/m1-gara...ang-rifle/
P.S. This article may also be of interest: https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2016...-the-t3e2/