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Recoil operation
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<p>Recoil operation is an operating mechanism used to implement <a href="/facts/Locked_breech/vSxf4xWo">locked-breech</a> autoloading <a href="/facts/Firearm/GuHx4aGE">firearms</a>. Recoil operated firearms use the energy of <a href="/facts/Recoil/wGukfupU">recoil</a> to cycle the action, as opposed to <a href="/facts/Gas-operated_reloading/CnKcFREy">gas operation</a> or <a href="/facts/Blowback_(firearms)/W0nlETr7">blowback operation</a> using the pressure of the propellant gas. </p>