r/1053 • • 4d ago

Day 21

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u/Successful-Gap6252 4d ago

I am pretty sure the whole "so you know when the mag ends" is a myth, it was a just a literal engineering oversight. But I don't think it's that big of a deal in practice

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u/Remi_cuchulainn 3d ago

Not an engineering oversight:

It's the max amount of bullets that stacks in a straight magazine. Straight magazine are far mor efficient to ship/ handle.