Posted on 12/03/2013 11:18:42 AM PST by aimhigh
Gunmakers such as Smith & Wesson Holding Corp. and Sturm Ruger & Co. are boosting firearms sales by building weapons that are more accurate and easier to use, with gun-related U.S. patents at a 35-year high.
Manufacturers are competing for sales with improvements such as magazines that increase a bullet’s accuracy or are lower in cost. Of 6,077 patents issued since 1977 in the firearms class, 19% were in the past four years, with a record 370 issued last year, according to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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“magazines that increase a bullet’s accuracy”
How does that work?
Consistent feeding. It’s actually possible to change the accuracy of an AR-15 by changing mags.
Yep, exactly.
It is an issue even in bolt guns, and that’s why the most accurate bolt guns are single-feed, without a magazine.
It’s kinda like sharks with fricken lasers.
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