>>17779917
Neither get in the way much at all just like a magazine on the bottom doesn't get in the way much when firing prone. It's essentially a nonissue is the point. You could say a bolt action is better prone than a bolt action and by the same logic say a side magazine is better than a bottom magazine. Bolt actions weren't chosen because sight picture or going prone they were chosen because

Euros: What the fuck is a lever action?
Americans: OMG those super mauser rifles are deadly we specifically need our own super mauser rifles because we're technologically 30 years behind Europe in military tech