That's a good point, magazine compatibility may indeed be a more pressing priority.
QBZ-191 service rifle family
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That's a good point, magazine compatibility may indeed be a more pressing priority.
There's a massive difference here it is not directly placed on the buffer itself unlike the one shown on the picture above.
Why are you obsessed with the design of QBZ191 and AR15 universal buffer tubes? The same AR15 buffer tube has made people tired.
Thank god it has a left side magazine release, and at last someone had the awareness to take a clear picture of its left side.
With ambidextrous magazine release, a left sided bolt release, right sided charging handle that can be released after bolt hold open, and ambidextrous fire select, at least it has the most basic of the "modern expected features" of an assault rifle.
While China were poor they still had smart people that can quickly understand how things work. I'm not saying that bolt hold open is because of that but poor isn't an indication.
North Korea is poorer than Somalia but that don't mean that Somalia can train nuclear scientist like North Korea. China had nukes before bolt hold open.
Early bolt hold open was an issue of cost vs benefit.
A non existent bolt hold open result in a slight slower reloading procedure.
A malfunctioning one, for example one that refuse to let go and release the bolt will render a gun completely inoperable.
Given this context, a mass produced self loading rifle was in its early state of development after WW2. New features like select fire were already considered somewhat risky. Why add another variable that could cause problems when the gun can just function without it?
A non existent bolt hold open result in a slight slower reloading procedure.
A malfunctioning one, for example one that refuse to let go and release the bolt will render a gun completely inoperable.
Given this context, a mass produced self loading rifle was in its early state of development after WW2. New features like select fire were already considered somewhat risky. Why add another variable that could cause problems when the gun can just function without it?