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Posted: 5/16/2010 5:59:13 PM EDT
| I am always very dubious about the reliability of any magazine over 30 rounds, but I see a lot of people buying AK drums without complaint. Are these things just as good to go as the 30 rounders or just "pretty good"? I see that there are several different types, so I guess there's probably no one answer to this. |
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I am always very dubious about the reliability of any magazine over 30 rounds, but I see a lot of people buying AK drums without complaint. Are these things just as good to go as the 30 rounders or just "pretty good"? I see that there are several different types, so I guess there's probably no one answer to this. In my experience, ComBloc 30 and 40 round mags are both equally 100% reliable. Meanwhile drums are about 90-95% reliable. I'm referring to the better quality Chicom, Bulgarian, and Romanian 75-rounders. If they are just for range use, then drums are fine. For actually field use, I would always stick with standard curved 7.62 mags. |
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I am always very dubious about the reliability of any magazine over 30 rounds, but I see a lot of people buying AK drums without complaint. Are these things just as good to go as the 30 rounders or just "pretty good"? I see that there are several different types, so I guess there's probably no one answer to this. Spring seems pretty good on mine. I got a romy drum and the way it locks into the rifle is looser than a standard magazine. My guess is that they're not as good as regular mags. North Hollywood shoot out. Gunman has automatic AK. He's got a drum installed. The drum magazine caused a fail to feed. Ultimately, the shooter gets killed. He was gonna die anyways but I think this helped speed the process up. I could be wrong. Someone will correct me soon if I am. |
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I am always very dubious about the reliability of any magazine over 30 rounds, but I see a lot of people buying AK drums without complaint. Are these things just as good to go as the 30 rounders or just "pretty good"? I see that there are several different types, so I guess there's probably no one answer to this. Spring seems pretty good on mine. I got a romy drum and the way it locks into the rifle is looser than a standard magazine. My guess is that they're not as good as regular mags. North Hollywood shoot out. Gunman has automatic AK. He's got a drum installed. The drum magazine caused a fail to feed. Ultimately, the shooter gets killed. He was gonna die anyways but I think this helped speed the process up. I could be wrong. Someone will correct me soon if I am. Thats what came to mind when I read the post, North Hollywood shootout. |
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I am always very dubious about the reliability of any magazine over 30 rounds, but I see a lot of people buying AK drums without complaint. Are these things just as good to go as the 30 rounders or just "pretty good"? I see that there are several different types, so I guess there's probably no one answer to this. Spring seems pretty good on mine. I got a romy drum and the way it locks into the rifle is looser than a standard magazine. My guess is that they're not as good as regular mags. North Hollywood shoot out. Gunman has automatic AK. He's got a drum installed. The drum magazine caused a fail to feed. Ultimately, the shooter gets killed. He was gonna die anyways but I think this helped speed the process up. I could be wrong. Someone will correct me soon if I am. the ak that the gunman use when it jammed the weapon "stove piped" it didnt eject the case properly from the chamber, the drums i have used have been fine 100% my e german drum i took apart to clean its getting the tension on the spring correct thats they key to the drums were u have to wind them up |
| I have a Chinese 75 round drum that I bought back in 1990 (or so). Thousands upon thousands of rounds in multiple AKs. ZERO malfunctions or issues of any kind. I would question how the Hollywood bank robbers modified their guns for F/A. I suspect it was probably an issue with that over the drum. |
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