Talk:Crescent Rose/@comment-218.186.15.10-20130217172809

Highly possible that the magazine that she's loaded, both the cross and normal mags, don't actually store the ammunition fired. There's no way that it can contain that many bullets used for propulsion/firing in both mags. Example for cross mag, and you can just count the amount of times she actually shoots or uses the Rose to shoot. Much more than the 5 odd rounds the mag seems to be able to hold, along with all the other physical limitations listed below and that magic has been a confirmed fact in this universe.

Then it's most likely that it's magic and not ammunition contained in the magazines, which could explain the vast difference in power when equiping the cross mag which is the same as the normal mag physically, but has a cross symbol which might have some relation to magic. The rounds fired would then just be fabricated from this "source of magic". Considering that the different slots in Weiss's revolver had different effects it wouldn't be too hard to believe that different magazines would contain different amounts of magical power. With the 2 released girls able to use magic, the other two would most probably be able to too.

What's vexing is that though the girl(s) have the ability to control magic, they don't seem to be able to use magic without any aid, ie without the Rapier or the Rose. This probably suggests another source of power or at least someone with that power helping them craft magical equipment, though this is probably deep deep into speculation. Though it's a direction in which there is lots of room for plot.