M1922 Bang rifle

M1922 rifle
The Model 1922 Bang rifle using the sliding muzzle-cap system.
Type	Semi-automatic rifle
Place of origin	United States Denmark
Production history
Designer	Søren H. Bang
Specifications
Cartridge	.30-06 Springfield, 6.5mm Krag
Action	gas-operated, rotating bolt
Sights	iron sights

The Model 1922 Bang rifle is a US semi-automatic rifle designed by the Danish arms designer Søren Hansen Bang. It was a modification of the earlier Models of 1909 and Model 1911 Bang rifles, both chambered in the .30-06 Springfield round.

It was gas operated, using a sliding muzzle cup system which was blown forward by the combustion gases while the bullet emerged from the barrel. During field trials in 1919 and 1927, the rifle was demonstrated by the designer. Because of its mechanical complexity and its susceptibility to gas fouling of the sliding muzzle cup it was unsuccessful in US government testing.

The Bang System was also used in the Gewehr 41 and suffered the same shortcomings. The controversial French St. Étienne Mle 1907 machine-gun and its precursor, the unsuccessful Puteaux APX machine gun of 1904, were also actuated by a blow-forward gas system inspired from the Bang semi-automatic rifle.