09-29-2011, 02:15 AM
I have a friend who has shot a few of these and he said it is more about verifying the rifle is empty between parts of a stage while on the move. A bolt rifle can be easily checked by leaving the bolt open. When they get to the next part of the stage they just close the bolt on the next round, so they can use less mags by having higher capacity ones. A semi-auto has to drop the mag at the current part of the stage, lock the bolt back, move to the next part of the stage and load a new mag before firing. So, if there are 5 parts to the stage, you need 5 mags. Very time-consuming. When in Rome.......
