The Evolution of Modern Gun Magazines

Like most other industrial products gun magazines have also evolved considerably over the passage of time. They have come a long way since the first one used in the Henry repeating rifle way back in the year 1860 and has not looked back since then. The next to use magazines were the Spencer repeating rifles used in the American Civil War and used rimfire metallic cartridges as contents. It introduced the early time’s tubular magazines. These magazines were also used in the bolt-action rifles during 1880s and latter.

Box Type Gun Magazines

This type of magazines for use in guns came up during the later part of the 19^th century. They were either fixed or detachable. The detachable box magazine made its debut in 1864. On the other hand unique rotary magazine built inside the receiver was used by Krag-Jorgensen rifle produced in Norway. The box type was followed by clip type magazines at the end of 19^th century that were inserted from the top and ejected from the bottom.

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Evolution of Modern Gun Magazines

During the First World War fixed gun magazines were used in guns but the inconveniences of it prompted the users and manufacturers to switch to a detachable version of the magazines. Use of detachable magazines in guns started extensively after the Second World War. Firearms that use detachable magazines have opening called magazine well in which the magazine is inserted. It requires a lock and release mechanism.

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