Maybe I'm just a simpleton, but I am not seeing why the 365 magazine is tremendously different than every other staggered magazine out there. All staggered magazines step down to a single round feeding onto the chamber. I am not seeing anything on the 365 magazine, other than the length of the single stack step that may have a different measurement than other mags, but it that really enough to allow a patent on.
It seems to me that if that comes to fruition, that every manufacturer that produced a double stack magazine is going to have to pay royalties.
Sig was able to pull off the 365 magazine by maximizing the width and height of their double stack magazine, getting it in the smallest footprint they could, then they built the pistol around it. They themselves admit this. I just don't see anything revolutionary about the magazine. Good for them and it is creating others to push forward and pursue the same, see Hellcat.
It seems to me Sig is just trying to prevent the rest of the market in competing with them. Some of this stuff is getting ridiculous. I always feel like a company is trying to force consumers into purchasing their products with these kind of tactics. i get protecting themselves as a company, but a magazine patent, really?... I just haven't been really happy with Sig business practices since Cohen took over, so I guess this really shouldn't be surprising.
It so obvious they are different, right?
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