Banana magazines

[Targan]

I saw the title of this thread and thought "I'm totally in favour of banana mags". Mainly because without them you have to manually feed each banana individually into the chamber. Much less fun.

[weswood]

Originally Posted by Targan

I saw the title of this thread and thought "I'm totally in favour of banana mags". Mainly because without them you have to manually feed each banana individually into the chamber. Much less fun.

I thought it was some kind of literary publication

[Sanjuro]

Would the factor of a curved magazine allowing the shooter to get closer to the ground when prone be one of the considerations?

I don't think so- as much as the front of the magazine rises, the rear has to be lower. The more pronounced the curve, the more it implies a conical shape to the ammunition, which makes it harder to feed properly. An extreme example of the curved magazine is the French Chauchat, sometimes called the worst machine gun ever made.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chauchat
Those weapons where magazine positioning was designed to allow the user to get closer to the ground either put them on top, or on the side (IIRC this was actually a design requirement of the Sterling L2, based on combat experience with the Sten).

[ArmySGT.]

I powder coated some in school. Now my twenties don't get swiped at the range.

[Brother in Arms]

http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl...23&tx=74&ty=19


the title of this thread makes me want to kille myself!