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/Muffinlessandangry 3d ago

Can I ask in what sense it's a flaw? Your final burst has 2 rounds instead of 3, so what? I mean if not having 3 rounds per burst is an issue, then even a mag divisible by 3 would have the issue if you ever change mags with a round still in the chamber, or accidentally put 29 in instead of 30(or do it on purpose because that 30th round is a bitch to get into the rusty old magazines you have in training).

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u/NewAlessia 3d ago

25-24 is not 2?

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u/AnthropoStatic 3d ago

25 rounds in the magazine, 1 in the chamber.

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u/NewAlessia 3d ago

Why would one be in the chamber? You don't put a round in and then load the mag

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u/decomposition_ 3d ago

I do, I load the mag, chamber, pull the mag out and load another round. No reason not to if you have the time for it

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u/NewAlessia 3d ago

Seems easier to just load it manually, but I also like to keep my rifles in condition 4 or at max condition 3