I asked about in rec.guns about practical limits to magazine
capacities, and recieved a bunch of information. However, the main
points brouup were the length of a magazine and the weight of the
rounds. Long ones are more unwieldy, and the weight of more than
about 30 rounds of, say, 5.56 NATO ammunition as an example, starts
comprising the bulk of the weight of the gun.
Another point that was brought up was the undesireability of
having one long vs. several short mags...suppose your one long one
jams? The consensus on that was you're in deep feces then. Many
lighter magazines are also easier to distribute on ones person than
one big one.
So therefore, barring very strange circumstances, it's probably
in a characters best interest (reliability, weight, etc.) to carry a bunch
of smaller magazines, anyway.
Bruce Johnson
The University of Arizona
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