Who likes drum mags?

[TexasPatriot.308]

not too practical for hog huntin.

 

[browningguy]

I have a Beta mag for the AR and it works just fine. I consider it a one time use mag though, you'll never have time to reload it. It stays on my ready AR, and I also have plenty of 20 and 30 round mags to back it up.

It adds a little weight, but complaining about the weight is like saying your Hemi doesn't get as good a milage as someone elses 4 banger. Of course it weighs more, it has 3-5 times the ammo load as usual.

 

[needmorecowbell]

Don't use them. Unreliable and adds too much weight.

 

[Warp]

I have a Beta mag for the AR and it works just fine. I consider it a one time use mag though, you'll never have time to reload it. It stays on my ready AR, and I also have plenty of 20 and 30 round mags to back it up.

It adds a little weight, but complaining about the weight is like saying your Hemi doesn't get as good a milage as someone elses 4 banger. Of course it weighs more, it has 3-5 times the ammo load as usual.

I think a better analogy would be that it would be like shooting centerfire and complaining about ammo cost vs .22lr...and not wanting a heavier magazine would be like not wanting a dually on your daily driver pickup.

 

[MachIVshooter]

I have a 75 round drum for AK and a 100 round Beta-C for AR. They both work fine, but I seldom used the AK mag when I had AK's, and I rarely take the Beta-C out. They're just too bulky and throw off the balance of the rifle. I could see the utility of one in an LMG role (rather have that than a belt), but they're generally impractical. For almost any purpose, I'd rather have two coupled P-mags.

I might give the surefire 60 rounder a go, as it's no longer and just a bit wider than a 30 round mag. But at $100 a pop, I won't be stocking up on them.

 

[cfullgraf]

Intrigued, but never enough to lay down that kind of money. Maybe one day for an AR.

That is me, too.

I prefer the 20 round AR magazines over the 30. I do have a few 30 round magazines just in case.

I shoot alot more with 10 round magazines as most of my AR shooting is with varmint hunting style ARs.

A 10 rounder with a Magpul Ranger floor plate is great for shooting off a bench or prone on the ground. (The Ranger floor plate tuns it into a 9 round magazine, but I rarely load more than 5)

 

[Double Naught Spy]

not too practical for hog huntin.

Actually, turns out that in my stand, the Beta-C mag works great because it sets the gun upright on the rail and it doesn't fall over, like a bipod for the back end of the gun.

 

[X-Rap]

$230 on sale???? I don't think so not when that will get me over 600 rd capacity of PMags when they are on sale.
Who would want that weight all on their gun at once not to mention having all their eggs in one basket if it fails. I'll take a half dozen 20 or 30 rd mags any day over one of those.

 

[madcratebuilder]

I love my drum mag, it matches my zoot suit.




A drum mag on the AR platform is too heavy and clunky for my tastes.

 

[Coop45]

A viola magazine.......maybe. A drum magazine......never!!

 

[nathan]

If you like the cool factor and able to have that suppressive fire effect, then so be it.

 

[CAVHOOAH]

I love them on AK platforms..

Meticulous inspection, de-burring and selective smoothing on all of mine have netted 100% reliability (rear load, no top loads) for me. And I heard all the horror stories too, I just didnt buy into it. Loading them INCORRECTLY (failure to wind back/crank up) seems to be most of the issues people have with them.

What is the place of a drum fed rifle ? Usually on a bi-pod or supported rest of some kind. If your using drum mags to shoot unsupported at the range = fail. If your using drum mags to casually engage angry soda cans and milk jugs in a sustained manner supported =win.

 

[nathan]

It s also has that intimidation factor . Great when shtf happens with attacking hordes of looters or what not. But if it gets jam, then you be a good bye mama. Better have a sidearm ready as they can get very tricky.

 

[RX-178]

I bought a beta-C mag, and a 75rd AK drum as soon as I found them online when the AWB sunset.

Didn't even have the firearms to use either of them, but I do now!

Yeah, I like drum mags, they're lots of fun.

 

[wally]

Only reason I have them is to PO the antis!

Not practical and not generally reliable either -- takes very little to foul them.

They can be fun when they work, but loading more rounds into regular mags is faster.

 

[Trent]

I've bought quite a few drum mags for AK/AR over the years. Really happy with the purchases - the Norinco's I have went WAY the hell up in value (especially the 100rd one I lucked on to for $75...)

Granted, I hate going through that much ammo .. but also love it.. it's kind of one of those guilty-fun things. Awesome while it lasts but once it's gone I get that feeling of "oh god what did I just do..."

Same thing happens whenever I go to knob creek. I always come home broke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li5EcyksD2I

Knob Creek = Dirty Words To Wife

 

[Matthew Courtney]

If you use any of the legislative/statutory definitions the gun in question would qualify, correct?

Not since 2004.

 

[Warp]

It s also has that intimidation factor . Great when shtf happens with attacking hordes of looters or what not. But if it gets jam, then you be a good bye mama. Better have a sidearm ready as they can get very tricky.

I don't see how a rifle would fail as a deterrent without a drum mag, but succeed with one.

Not since 2004.

Several states still have an AWB, at least one of which is, if I am not mistaken, a carbon copy of the federal ban that expired Sept 13, 2004

 

[Trent]

The one they keep trying to push in Illinois is pretty much just that - a carbon copy of the expired federal assault weapon ban. It goes to committee year after year, sometimes gets out to a vote, mostly not.

Very likely, the bill will never go away. All it takes is ONE bad election year, enough seats to change hands... and we're screwed.

 

[Girodin]

Don't use them. Unreliable and adds too much weight

This is a REALLY over broad statement, and is not per se true of all drum magazines for all guns.

 

[cyclopsshooter]

I have an AK drum, it is very reliable when operated correctly.. and it's a damn hoot with a slidefire stock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWYZPykKuKQ&lc=N2SeLlL9wjlOEsNdCOOZXE13WZIqJGGMYLe1l7Q5kyI&feature=inbox

 

[Swing]

I gotsa admit, I dig the drums. They ain't always practical, I grant, still they be alotta fun.

 

[The-Reaver]

I don't mind them but I only own one. Its my go to in my AK for a mag dump. Then onto the standards.

I don't have a problem loading them, the Chinese ones are awesome IMO. Never had a malfunction in my AK so I cannot speak of any catastrophic failures due to the magazine.

They sure do make for a fun time though.

 

[Livnoutdoorsxd9]

For anyone that's interested and owns a 6.8, XS products is doing an introductory group buy on their new 6.8 mag coming in beginning of 2013! They need a minimum of 200 orders to get started. $175 the group buy price, $245 afterwards. Here's a link to the thread discussing it.
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=671896

 

[762 X 54r]

I had a drum mag for my ak but sold it as it made WAY to much noise. I would just stick to a 30 or 40 round mag.