I hope folks read more than just the title. So im watching a show with a gun exchange and the person has to reload and you can see they are nervous to get the new magazine in so they can fire again and it made me think. Do any guns have two magazine where you can either manually switch to the other magazine or maybe automatically do it when the first one is empty. With the idea that if you need to fire while in the middle of changing out the empty magazine you could. I feel like this seem obvious enough that someone must have tried it. I mean considering the crazy gun things I have seen. Since im not aware of anything I figure if it has been done it had an issue or was just not useful enough to make worth it. So for the folks that are really into guns, especially wierd protoype ones. Has there every been anything like this?
@HubertManne Nazi Germany tried it with a version of the MP 40, didn’t work due to putting too much weight towards the front and the mechanism constantly jamming.
What what you can find in the modern era are shotguns with multiple tube mags, although that’s more for being able to have a mixture of shot and slugs. On a similar line is the STK 50MG which takes two belts, again to allow quick switching between standard and armour-piercing rounds. There’s also dual purpose weapons like the Ares Shrike which can be used as either a mag fed rifle or belt fed machine gun.
ah new there had to be something. sounds like the mp40 might have been for the reasons I put so I will look to see if I can find videos about that. might also try to find the shotguns as it sounds like that would work like I was thinking even if not made for the purpose. Its funny Im not even a gun person but I geek out on goofy things.