I got the e-mail today no reason to wait may not get any better than that on price folks. This will be one of those thing we will regret if not buying while you could. happy holiday folks.

Aim Surplus has them for $54 for one or 2 for $49 each

http://www.aimsurplus.com/product.aspx?item=MAK47K75

got two along with three new Bulgarian steel 30 rnd mags for $8.95

Aim's drums are Korean.  Copes are Romanian.

True! You'll see a big difference in complaints between those that purchased Copes drums vs. Aim's. The Romanian drum I got from Copes was in a different league than the one from Aim, which is obviously NOT Romanian. Im impressed with the quality of the Romanian.

Mmm, makes me want an RPK...

Please be specfic on this?  

The only complaint I have seen that involved something other than locking in rifles was from MAK.  And I believe his was Romanian and had a manufacturing defect.  Pretty sure AIM was taking care of him. And with the different measurements you find in AK rifles you are bound to run across a few that need the locking tab filed a little.

I have bought Romanians from Copes and AIM.  Both were the same.  And FWIW, both AIM and Copes have sold Romanians and SKoreans.  The only difference I have seen is the weight and the welds.  The welds aren't bad, just a little different from the Romy's.

I now have over 1K rounds through my SK and no issues.

AIM has both the Romanian and Korean drums for sale. Romanians are $10 more.





Yes please be more specific. Are you sure you're comparing Romanian to Romanian and not Romanian to Korean?

I have seen nothing that stated the Romanian drums from AIM are different than the ones from Copes. I have seen some people say that the Romanian drums are on par with the Chinese drums and that the Korean drums are a little lower quality compared to the Romanians but not that the quality is varies from the different distributors.

On the Romanian ones, I got one from each source and they were the exact same except for the defect the one I received had.  AIM received it back after I called about a return.  Too soon to know whether I get taken care of but it sounded like they will make good on it.

Johno ordered 4 Korean ones from AIM but he hasn't posted back on what the quality was on them.

I really didn't have the cash, but I bought a Romy drum from Copes.  Should be showing up on Monday.

I could have went with Korean, for a bit cheaper, but between the junk 30 and 40 founder I tried and the junk Glock magazines a friend tried....
I'm avoiding Korean.   The Romanian drums look a bit nicer as well.