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[[File:Rim-Lock-Rimlock-Diagram-Illustration-Malfunction-Firearm-Wiki.gif|frame|right|An illustration describing rim lock on rimmed and semi-rimmed firearm cartridges. The left side shows proper stacking of rounds, allowing for reliable feeding. The right side shows rim lock, where the rim of the first round has become obstructed by the rim of the following round, causing a jam.]]

'''Rim lock''' (also written as "'''rimlock'''") is a phenomenon that occurs in magazine-fed guns that fire rimmed or semi-rimmed cartridges. Some examples of such cartridges include [[.22 Long Rifle]], [[.22 Magnum]], [[.357 Magnum]] (rimmed) as well as [[.32 ACP]] and [[.38 Super]] (semi-rimmed).

The issue is that in a magazine-fed firearm, particularly when involving a detachable magazine, the top most round in the magazine can sometimes slip backward behind the rim of the next round, causing the gun to seize up and be unable to feed the round from the magazine.

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 [[File:Rim-Lock-Rimlock-Diagram-Illustration-Malfunction-Firearm-Wiki.gif|frame|right|An illustration describing rim lock on rimmed and semi-rimmed firearm cartridges. The left side shows proper stacking of rounds, allowing for reliable feeding. The right side shows rim lock, where the rim of the first round has become obstructed by the rim of the following round, causing a jam.]]
-'''Rim lock''' (also written as "'''rimlock'''") is a phenomenon that occurs in magazine-fed guns that fire rimmed or semi-rimmed cartridges. Some examples of such cartridges include [[.22 Long Rifle]], [[.22 Magnum]], [[.357 Magnum]] (rimmed) as well as [[.32 ACP]] and [[.38 Super]] (semi-rimmed).
+'''Rim lock''' (also written as "'''rimlock'''") is an issue that can occur in magazine-fed guns that fire rimmed or semi-rimmed cartridges. Examples of such cartridges include [[.22 Long Rifle]], [[.22 Magnum]], [[.357 Magnum]], [[7.62x54r]] (rimmed) as well as [[.32 ACP]] and [[.38 Super]] (semi-rimmed).
-The issue is that in a magazine-fed firearm, particularly when involving a detachable magazine, the top most round in the magazine can sometimes slip backward behind the rim of the next round, causing the gun to seize up and be unable to feed the round from the magazine.
+The issue is that in a magazine-fed firearm, particularly when involving a detachable magazine or internal box magazine, the top most round in the magazine can sometimes slip backward behind the rim of the next round, causing the gun to seize up and be unable to feed the round from the magazine. Alternatively, the user can easily load a round in this way by accident. This is not really an issue in firearms with a tube magazine because the rims have no way of grabbing each other and locking up.

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Admin at 08:10, 5 November 2019

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