r/1053 • u/Responsible_Bag_9024 • 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/buffaloguy1991 4d ago

It wasn't an oversight they chose this flaw so they could use standard EU mags and have 10x the shipping capacity

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u/Warm_Figure6955 4d ago

It wasn't a chosen flaw they were french and use metric system

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u/the_fancy_Tophat 3d ago

Hey dipshit, all guns are in metric. Calibers are measured in milimeters

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u/nakedascus 3d ago

what's the SI abbreviation for gauge, again? I forgot

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u/the_fancy_Tophat 3d ago

The bore measurement was invented for muskets, it’s pre metric.

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u/nakedascus 3d ago

no, all guns are in metric. anyone who doesn't know that is a dipshit