"PrecisionmachinisT" wrote in message
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"Jim Wilkins" wrote in message
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"PrecisionmachinisT" wrote in message
I can think of no other purpose for a 100 round clip ....

You're lucky that you know more about machining than firearms.


But feel free to enlighten me about all those numerous times where a
high powered rifle with a 100 round clip was sucessfully used by an
ordinary citizen to defend himself against an armed assailant.

Hell, find me even a single instance....

Doubt if I can, they are a lure for imprudent customers who don't
understand they are actually a liability. The original Soviet RPK
machine gun drum they are roughly based on made sense for dug-in
gunners who could duck their heads down while clearing jams.

With your claimed experience you ought to know that assault rifle
cartridges like the .223 are nowhere near "high-powered", that
describes older bolt-action rifles cartridges 2-3 times as powerful,
meant to hit the enemy line half a mile away, and difficult to control
in full-auto house clearing. Assault rifle cartridges have only the
minimum power that's effective at close range, to make the weapon
easier to control when standing or running. They were an upgrade to
replace pistol-cartridge submachine guns which weren't consistently
powerful enough to stop the enemy.