PLA Small arms
- Thread starter Vanguard1688
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Looks like they added a mag release button that is similar to that of an AR15-style rifle and changed the MLOK hand guard along with the rail system at the top of the receiver of the rifle. Not gonna lie, the old MLOK looked better aesthetically.From a police equipment exhibit. Rails, stock, and other mods/accessories for the venerable Type-79 submachine gun.
Totally agree, I too like the aesthetics of skinny/slim handguard.
But the new design is overall much more functional than the old one.
Modified civilian guns can have extremely large flared mag wells, magazine feed lips on mag wells are often much less pronounced on military rifles.
Type 79 definitely need a better mag well for sure. This new design will make reloading so much easier.
I used to have a HK USC, and its mag well design is similar to type 79. The mag well is super straight like this
It was a nightmare to reload, the magazine always gets stuck on the mag well and it will just not go in unless I match the magazine perfectly with the mag well.
Then I swapped the lower into a UMP lower, which has a bigger more pronounced mag well feed lip.
This helped so much! Before the swap I fail around 7-8 reloads out of 10, but after that, I basically never miss the mag well. The modified mag well on Type 79 is a bit big for sure, but it will be very functional especially when you are nervous in a CQB situation. I think it is perfect for SWAT use.
Huh, nice timing. I was just thinking about china's flamethrowers last night.
