I am very familiar with the 75 and 100 rd AK 7.62 mags.
Due to their bulk and weight, I would be interested in seeing someone, say Magpul for example, hint, hint, making a polymer bodied 60rd drum, like the one for the AR but for an AK.
Anyone else interested in something like that?
TED
Nope. Still bulky and heavy. What’s wrong with 2 mags? (Same 60 rounds)
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No interest here.
I don’t like drums for my rifles. The highest I will use are 40’s. The drums and SureFire 60’s are too heavy and expensive for me.
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Not a fan of drums at all. No real advantages over multiple mags, and I can think of several disadvantages.
I’d be in for a Magpul 60 rounder.
Plus who can afford to feed them these days. Personally, I like all my AK stuff classic anyways.
I thought about getting a D60 for the heck of it, but until the price drops to around $50 I’m not interested.
AK ammo is typically pretty cheap.
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Yeah, less than $200 shipped per 1000 rounds is still very common for 7.62x39.
All I’m saying is ripping through a drum of 60 rounds is $12 at the prices you are quoting vs. $6 if you run a full 30 round mag. I find loading less in general leaves me spending significantly less and spending more time at the range than others. Usually at higher capacities most people are just burning through the ammo anyways vs taking their time to place shots in clean groups.
Your experience doesn’t mirror mine.
I agree. Adding more ammo into a mag doesn’t make me shoot any faster. I find drums to be awkward but I don’t shoot 60 round drum any faster than two 30 round mags
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Every time I have given someone a loaded drum they blast through it as fast as they can. It hasn’t been been the same when I hand someone a loaded mag. Honestly I’m really surprised to hear you guys haven’t observed the same.
You see what I’m getting at?
What does your shooting have to do with others?
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Just talking about it for the heck of it. Not trying to start a pissing match.
Neither am I. .
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Let’s not de-rail the thread please.
I like drums for a first mag in the gun and also for car guns house guns and static or semi static positions as well as mounted ops.
TED
I’ve never seen a drum smaller than 75 rnds for the AK. With 40 round mags being cheap and plentiful there’s probably no demand for a 50 to 60 round drum. Even if someone made a 50 round steel drum it’d probably not be much smaller/lighter. D60s are small & light cause they’re polymer and .223 is a smaller round.
As much as I love drums, I don’t think they’re practical, but they’re fun. Most of my drums are top loaders but IMHO the AK backloaders are the easiest to load and can be left unwound til needed. Just don’t overwind them.
There were some Korean commercial 60 round drums
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