Why did everyone switch from side feed to bottom feed guns?

Shooting stance, I would guess.

I'm presuming it's because having the gun extend on three different axes makes it more irritating to handle and store.

Flat gun better.

>>34997962
Ambi
Balance
Better springs

>>34997962
balance and use of the weapon indoors being as it's just a sub machine gun, it'd be most effective indoors. I'd imagine a mag out to the sides would get annoying hitting when rushing a room

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>>34998028
Real guns have curves you fucking figot

>>34997962

because side-feeding is shitty in close-quarters you retard.

>>34997962

Because people realized that when you are using a SMG, you're probably fighting through close environments and not proned out trying to snipe shit with an open bolt weapon.

>>34997962
springs

Namely; better ones

Same reason many old timey MGs had top loaded mags

>>34998133
metallurgy in general, I should think. Stronger springs required less flimsy feed lips too. I would think the move to stamped parts made all of those older SMG box mags big levers on flimsier receivers but I guess you don't need as much heavy duty milled blocks to resist that shit if you've got better metals.