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Posted: 8/21/2008 4:48:49 PM EDT
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I did a search, and it came back with nothing but info on the new Bulgarian drums. I'm curious about a couple things. How does the Chinese drum compare to the banana magazines, or the Romanian drum? Can you leave the drum wound? Is the winding mechanism the same as a spring, in the sense you can leave it wound without causing damage? How many times do you wind your drums for max reliability? I'm concerned simply because it's such a different concept than the Romanian drums in the since you have to "charge it." |
| dont drop a loaded one, you'll see what happens... and i also dont like the locking /folding tabs on the drum..they seem flimsy and bend easy and had 2 actually break on me....they are nice and easy to load and not have tension on them but i still prefer the Romanian in both look and function even if they are harder to load. |
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You can keep ammunition inside the Chinese drums - just be sure to let the tension off the wound spring. Or you can keep it wound and store it but unless you're in a static position or a firing position where you could need to use it in one minute, one day, or one week, you probably don't want to keep all that tension on the spring. I had 72 rounds loaded in a Romanian magazine since 1998 and last year when I used it, the drum worked fine. So did five various steel AK 30rd magazines that were also kept loaded since 1998. But drum/magazine condition and storage conditions will heavily influence the feasibility of keeping the loaded like that. |
I tried 3 1/2 turns and could not get it to cycle every time, so I went up a full turn to 4 1/2 and it worked flawlessly. |
Same here -- no feed problems but I agree with the skeptism noted above about how "robust" they are in terms of hard use, droppage, etc. No first-hand problems, mind you -- just a long-held suspicion on my part. I only have one of the 120-rd AR drums, but several each of both the 75- and 100-rd AK models. |
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