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MecGar's 17 round magazine replaces the 14 round magazine that came with the pistol in 1975.
How?
The spring windings are completely different (MecGar on top).
The MecGar body is slightly longer.
The MecGar also gets a little extra length inside because the floorplate attaches around the outside of the body instead of being inside.
Three extra rounds for just 1/4" more magazine length.
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Sounds more like same tech-level, different approach that gives the extra rounds. Now, if the better mag is made of next-gen materials and using next-gen processes, then it'd be a higher tech-level.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, could the MecGar mag have been built by the pistol manufacturer in 1975? If so, then it's not a higher tech level. Sounds to me like MecGar was more thinking outside the box (magazine) than employing high-tech.
Thinking outside the box is exactly how TL7 becomes TL8!
DeleteThe wrap of the spring to collapse inside itself and the much smaller follower made possible by advances in plastics technology are the two main advances.
A decent example for how a TL doesn't advance despite having all the building blocks is Rome. With the parts on hand they did not go from TL2 to TL4 even though they had what they needed to make firearms. It's just nobody put the puzzle together.
That happens a lot in technology development. "Shit! That was obvious!" gets said a lot when someone leapfrogs you. Obvious in hindsight, of course.