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Why are so many ammunition magazines banana shaped?

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Many magazines are banana shaped because their ammunition is tapered in a wedge shape. The best way to get a whole bunch of wedge shaped cartridges pointing the same direction in the minimum amount of space is to have a curved magazine. How curved the magazine is depends on the shape of the cartridge. read more

Flat style after market magazines can be purchased in 20, 30, 40 and 50 rounders. I used the 75 and 100 round drum magazines last year in Iraq as an Instructor for the Iraqi Police. These were Russian made, 75 pretty common but the 100 a bit hard to get your hands on. read more

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