downward ejection
{{Short description|Firearm design concept}}
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In firearms, downward ejecting refers to firearms which eject spent cases downward from the firearm's receiver, rather than the more conventional designs which eject the brass to the side. This feature simplifies use by left-handers,{{cite book|author=John Walter|title=Guns Of The Elite Forces|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wE2aBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA177|year=2005|publisher=Frontline Books|isbn=978-1-85367-637-6|page=177}} and can help prevent gases and debris from being ejected near the shooter's face.{{cn|date=January 2016}}
Examples
- AR-57
- Bren light machine gun
- Browning BPS shotgun
- Browning Semi Automatic 22
- Calico Light Weapons Systems
- FN P90 submachine gun{{cite book|author=Ian Hogg|title=Submachine Guns|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7onfAAAAMAAJ|date=25 May 2001|publisher=Greenhill Books|isbn=978-1-85367-448-8}}
- Ithaca M37 shotgun
- Kel-Tec KS7 shotgun
- Kel-Tec KSG shotgun
- Kel-Tec RDB rifle
- MG 34, MG 42 and MG 3 machine gun
- Owen machine carbineBoleyn, Doug (January 2017). [https://portal.engineersaustralia.org.au/system/files/engineering-heritage-australia/nomination-title/HRP.Owen%20Gun.Nomination.V1.pdf "Nomination of OWEN SUBMACHINE GUN for an Engineering Heritage National Marker"] Engineering Heritage Sydney. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
- Remington Model 10 shotgun
- Remington Model 17 shotgun
- Remington Model 105CTi shotgun
- Springfield Light Rifle{{cite book|author=John Walter|title=Rifles of the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Eq2Dnj4sDZIC&pg=PA519|year=2006|publisher=Krause Publications|isbn=978-0-89689-241-5|page=519}}
- Smith & Wesson M&P 12 shotgun
- Smith & Wesson Model 1940 Light Rifle
- American-180 submachine gun
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