Comments by "" (@neutronalchemist3241) on "Ask Ian: Single Feed vs Double Feed Pistols" video.

  1. Also the Norinco CF98 and the Stechkin APS are double feed pistols manufactured in relevant numbers.
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  2. It has much to do with not fixing what’s not broken. At this point, the geometry of reliable single feed magazines and reliable feed ramps are well known. Designers haven’t to spend time, AND MONEY, to redesign those parts. If they want a "proprietary" magazine, they can (and they do) take an existing design, and only change some little bit, like the position of the magazine release cut. If they choose double feed instead, they have to design magazines and feed ramps from scratch, and that takes time AND MONEY. That’s why it seems are mainly manufacturers that don’t have to compete on the market and/or are government funded that nowadays decide to invest in designing double feed pistols (see Norinco CF98, GSh-18, MP-443 Grach…)
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