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Old 04-06-2012, 03:44 PM
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There are two basic types of magazines in use. Single position feed is used in most hanguns, even double stack high capacity ones. In these the magazine lips are set to feed from a center position and this requires you to load by pushing each round under the feed lips. Double position feed mags are all double stack with a follower that allows each round to rise against alternate feed lips and to feed off one side then the other. While this system can be used with a handgun it rarely is, the only ones I can think of right now are pistol versions of long guns such as the "Enforcer" carbines and the "Thompson" pistols. I don't know why this is unless it is just easier to get a handgun (which has less mass in it's moving parts) to work as well with a double feed as a single feed.
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