Shock absorber for firearms and the like

Abstract

A shock absorber for automatic weapons of the kind where all the shots in a burst with the exception of the first are fired during the return movement to the initial position of the weapon. The weapon has a recoil member movable with respect to a fixed member to absorb the impact and resilient restoring means for restoring the recoil member to its initial position. Braking means brake the movement of the recoil member during recoil. The braking means are inoperative or of reduced effect during the recoil movements relative to all the shots in the burst other than the first shot.