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Originally Posted by Dusti69
do the real steel bullet sizes even matter really when it comes to airsoft? airsoft mags are just the size they are without any bullets in them so id think the size of the mag itself would be what made the difference but i guess the bullet sizes tell you relative mag size differences
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They matter in that their size (length, mostly) determines length the magazine needs to be for them to fit. And since airsoft is trying to realistically replicate their real steel counterparts, it matters to airsoft in terms of appearance. Otherwise we would just stuff 10,000 BBs in a big hopper.