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The lack of a multiple of three rounds in the mag is on purpose! With 25 rounds in the mag, you get eight 3-round bursts and a single round left over. When you hear one round instead of a 3-round burst, you know your mag is empty.
Or, if you've been counting to eight, you can swap the magazine when it's empty without reloading, because there's still a bullet leut in the magazine and the hammer is still cocked.
Good point too
But then you have 2 extra bullets at the end of the next mag. What do?
Take the mag out. Leave the one bullet in the chaber there.
Put down your gun. Take the mag in your left hand, and take out the last bullet with your right. Gather all your anger, and throw the bullet at your enemy.
Not really necessary tbh. Most rifles will lock the bolt back on an empty mag, and it's fairly easy to feel
Modern rifles, sure. The FAMAS was developed and put into service before last round bolt hold open became mainstay. They eventually made a variant that takes STANAG magazines, but I don't think they were able to implement LRBHO because of the inherent design of the action.