A manufacturer in general will design a firearm for sale to a particular segment of the market that they think would be interested in their firearm. Depending on what group of potential purchasers they're aiming for, they would design the firearm accordingly. That's extremely varied. The market is very much fragmented in that respect. There are all kinds of uses for firearms that fall into general use categories or specialty categories that a firearm manufacturer may be aiming for in the design of their firearm. There's no general answer to that question.
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