10-22 round drum style mags

BC Bigbore

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While waiting for my Krinker-Plinker kit to arrive, I came across this drum style 10-22 mag. Only holds 50 rds however but for about $75 bucks or so, it would add serious eye candy to the KP/10-22 conversion :cool: ...
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BC Bigbore said:
While waiting for my Krinker-Plinker kit to arrive, I came across this drum style 10-22 mag. Only holds 50 rds however but for about $75 bucks or so, it would add serious eye candy to the KP/10-22 conversion :cool: ...
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defintly get 2 of those for your krinker they some serious krinker bling
 
Promags have a terrible rep.

from arf....

I just got to test one of the ProMag drums today -- sorry to say this one didn't work worth a darn. This drum came from the SHOT show and I don't know if it's a prototype or not. I tried Remington bulk ammo, regular Remington, Federal and some Winchester ammo in it and I might get two shots in a row (if lucky) and then jams -- lots of jams -- this drum did not want to really feed anything. I paid attention to not allowing the rim of the round being loaded to slip over the rim of the previous round. This is not my drum mag so I could do no adjustments or mods to it -- only load it and try to shoot. I have two 10/22's and the drum acted the same in both. I even tried some Remington Viper ammo to see if the tapered bullet would help it feed but not luck. By the way, the feed lips are plastic. The picture below shows the feed lips on the drum mag with a stuck Viper round. When loaded the rounds mostly sit level and kinda nose down when the bolt tries to pick them up.
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Got mine with the gunsmith/Dealer discount from Midway. ($53 shipped) The unit is smaller than the pics show. It came in a small white box without instructions. The feed lips were plastic and the follower looked like their was a chunk taken out of it.
I tried to load it by hand and the follower is super stiff. Too stiff to load by hand. I then pulled the teardrop shaped cover off and loaded 4 rounds into the mag. The rounds sat flush with the mag and it took a little bit of adjustment to get the rounds to sit properly. The force of the spring and follower prevented proper feeding of the rounds. Would steel lips help? Who know. This mag is going back to Midway on Monday. I would rather spend another $30 and get some trustworthy mags that have proven track records rather than watste my time working on something that might not work reliably.
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That's what I heard too, the usual feed ramp problems with cheap aftermarket stuff. With mods utilizing Ruger 10-22 mags, they could be made to be functional. Take a little experimenting, fitting, etc. You know, fun stuff. You ever see what a guy can make with a small hobby mill? Very impressive.
 
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