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- Mar 12, 2021
One hundred and fifty (150) rounds of 5.56mm NATO. I haven't seen one disassembled, but someone said the cartridges are held in their extractor groves somehow, which would explain some of the weight and bulk, and presumably the thing would fit and hold .300BLK just fine if you were inclined. Possibly also .350 Legend, with the increasing weight of the bigger and heavier projectiles.Holy moly, how much does that double drum even hold?!
I've seen a couple of pictures of what is supposed to be a single drum equivalent, meant to hold 75 to 80 rounds (as well as some sort of quad-stack 60 round mag), and Armatac has this image and a description on their site, but as a Coming Soon kind of thing, it's not a product they list, and I've never seen one IRL or listed on sites, so given that the page is actually very old, I guess those other magazines are vaporware.
Seems like the double drum also went up in price since I last took a look at them, averaging at $430 a piece.
Makes me think about using an actual steel lower or something to make sure the much higher weight doesn't cause problems. Also imagining a big drum of heavy subsonics together with a suppressor. I guess for ambushing wild hogs at night.That drum is sick. Getting drums dedicated, or at least cross compatible with 350 legend would be awesome, but would need more support.
If done right, it can work out, and you'll look sick as you gun down invading Communists in droves while riding skis.Ah yes, Drum Mags, for when you need to force a mag-fed gun into a belt gun role. Truly the worst of all worlds, still neat though.
I love these, they're heavy and expensive, like the Thompson, but just the same they also work very well (assuming it's a blowback Thompson). Very far from practical or ideal, especially by modern standards, but when your enemy barely have any subguns of their own and largely make up noob conscripts with trash leadership, and you're fighting mostly in forested woodlands, you can get away with so much.