B&T APC308 PRO

The APC308 PRO is a self-loading rifle in caliber .308 Win. The weapon is an indirect gas-operated loader with a short-stroke gas piston: A gas extraction near the muzzle briefly directs the propellant gases behind the projectile via the gas piston to the bolt carrier, setting it into a rearward motion. After the projectile exits, the rearward-moving bolt carrier unlocks the bolt head through a rotational movement and carries it along. In the joint rearward motion of the bolt head and carrier, the empty casing is extracted and ejected, the hammer is cocked, and the closing spring is compressed. At the end of the rearward motion, a buffer slows down the bolt carrier before the closing spring accelerates it forward again. In the joint forward motion, the bolt head and carrier take a new cartridge from the magazine and chamber it into the cartridge chamber. At the end of such a cycle, the weapon is locked, loaded, and cocked. All controls such as the bolt catch, magazine release, fire selector lever, and charging handle are designed to be ambidextrous. The charging handle is non-reciprocating.