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Why no traditional mag?
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<blockquote data-quote="SoonerP226" data-source="post: 2306981" data-attributes="member: 26737"><p>Rifles transitioned to box magazines because centerfire primers and pointy boolits are not the best of friends in a tubular magazine. Shotties don't usually have that problem, particularly in sporting arms. </p><p></p><p>I don't know for sure and for certain why pistols transitioned to box magazines, but I'd guess that it had to do with military applications--wheelguns are slow to reload, and their cylinders are a limiting factor as far as capacity goes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SoonerP226, post: 2306981, member: 26737"] Rifles transitioned to box magazines because centerfire primers and pointy boolits are not the best of friends in a tubular magazine. Shotties don't usually have that problem, particularly in sporting arms. I don't know for sure and for certain why pistols transitioned to box magazines, but I'd guess that it had to do with military applications--wheelguns are slow to reload, and their cylinders are a limiting factor as far as capacity goes. [/QUOTE]
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