Comments by "" (@RedXlV) on "Gewehr 71 with Experimental Magazine" video.

  1. +Dan L The first successful box magazine was the Remington-Lee 1879. Not mid 1800s, but it was at a time when most rifles if they were repeaters at all used a tube magazine. And yes, that's Lee as in James Paris Lee, designer of the Lee-Enfield.
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  2. Marek Dohojda  Presumably whatever design of box magazine they tested didn't work out as well as the tube magazine that was actually adopted.
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