10-31-2011, 10:22 PM
stanc Wrote:I think a "proper" double stack is necessary for two reasons:
(1) to keep magazine length to a minimum; and (2) to correctly align the top rounds with the barrel feed ramps.
What you propose would result in a significantly longer and heavier magazine, and because of the reduced stack width, it might not permit reliable chambering.
I doubt that it would require a significant shift in the stack. Still, it isn't as if feed lip, follower, or mag geometry can't be also tailored to fit the different stack width.
