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The Wildey is a gas-operated, double-action/single-action pistol designed by Wildey J. Moore. The pistol was designed to fire several high-pressure proprietary cartridges including the .45 Wildey Magnum and the .475 Wildey Magnum. ==Action== The Wildey was purpose-designed to be a hunting firearm. The pistol is built to withstand breech pressures of over 48,000 psi associated with Moore's lines of proprietary cartridges. The Wildey was the first gas-operated semi-automatic pistol. The Wildey employs a unique short-stroke gas operation which allows the pistol to be adapted to fire several high pressure cartridges ranging from the 9mm Winchester Magnum to the .475 Wildey Magnum. Moore described the Wildey patented gas system as an "air-hydraulic piston powered by the firing gases through six small holes in the barrel. This piston forces the slide rearward, initiating the cycling of the pistol." A further advantage of the Wildey's gas operated system is that it allows for the reliable operation of heavy and light loads for each cartridge type, by manually adjusting the gas-regulator valve to tune the system for different loads. The valve is adjusted by way of turning the gas-regulating collar at the base of the barrel. Another advantage of a gas-operated system is that it often reduces felt recoil.〔 The Wildey uses a fixed-barrel, three-lug, rotating-bolt design. The bolt locks into the aft barrel extension. The bolt is linked to the slide via one of the bolt lugs. When the cartridge is fired, the piston is forced against the slide. The retracting slide catches the extended bolt lug which causes the bolt to rotate open. The spent cartridge is ejected by the bolt through the retracting slide's ejection port. The fixed-barrel design is considered to promote greater accuracy over pistols designed around an articulating barrel design. The Wildey can be used as either a single-shot or an auto-loading pistol.〔 All pistols feature a ventilated, ribbed barrels and an angled frame similar to that of the Colt M1911 design but considerably larger. The pistols will accept scope attachments which are mounted on the barrel rib. The pistol uses a single-stack magazine. It utilizes a heel-mounted magazine release lever located on the underside of the mainspring housing, a type of catch which has historically been popular on many European guns like the SIG P210, Walther PPK and others. The Wildey features a frame mounted auto-resetting decocking lever which will drop the hammer safely. The pistol also incorporates a number of safety features including a firing pin block, trigger block and a rebounding firing pin. The Wildey allows for caliber and barrel conversions by simply installing a new barrel assembly into the original frame and slide. Whenever the caliber and barrel conversions are made, the gas regulator will need to be tuned to allow for the pistol to function reliably. Stainless steel is used for all major parts of the pistol including the frame, slide and barrel. The pistol is offered in four models: the Survivor, Survivor Guardsman, Hunter and the Hunter Guardsman models. The Survivor models come in a bright stainless steel, high-luster finish while the hunter models are available in a matte finish. The Guardsman models have squared-off trigger guards instead of the rounded trigger guards found on the non-Guardsman models.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wildey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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