PPS/50 or 10/22 Drums ?

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Looking for a fun plinker with a drum… Since there is a lot of .22 around now.. Buckets of Rem 1400 for $90.. Anyone have some pro/cons on these guys with the drum setup ?

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I've fired both, and own a 10/22 with a couple of the GSG 110 round drums.

The PPS50 I've shot belongs to a friend, and he doesn't even bother bringing it to the range anymore, and isn't going to sell it because he wouldn't wish it on his worst enemy. After trying it, I've had the same results as him - crappy accuracy and frequent jamming.

I have a basic 10/22 carbine with zero pimping to it. The factory 10 round mags work flawlessly, the GSG drums near flawlessly (doing a couple of drum dumps in an afternoon, I might get 1 or 2 jams, but usually none). The Butler Creek Steel Lips mags were effective at separating me from some $$, but are otherwise useless, the same could be said about the HC3R mags.

Given that the PPS-50 is more expensive than a 10/22, I don't understand why people bother with them.
 
Also, the aftermarket parts and accessories for a 10/22 are endless. Buy a basic with a few mags, shoot it, get to know it, start swapping parts and pimp it over time, if that's your thing.
 
I highly recommend the GSG drum mag. It is very high quality and very reliable. Hundreds of rounds through mine with no malfunctions, and it is the easiest 10/22 mag to load!
Butler creek mags are #### (steel and hot lips)
Promag 25 rounders work awesome after being broken in, but you get sore thumbs from loading them
 
I might be wrong, but that Rem ammo may not work well in the GSG due to the wax. I'd have to check the GSG guide that came with the mag to be sure.
 
responsible_gun_owner said:
I highly recommend the GSG drum mag. It is very high quality and very reliable. Hundreds of rounds through mine with no malfunctions, and it is the easiest 10/22 mag to load!
Butler creek mags are #### (steel and hot lips)
Promag 25 rounders work awesome after being broken in, but you get sore thumbs from loading them
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Second that. My GSG drum is bulletproof. Super happy with it, loading is easy but takes forever.
 
I have both, and I love them both. The key, I have found, is loading the Pietta 50-round drum like on that You-tube video, (it comes up 2dn or 3rd when you search "pps-50 drum mag" where you take the side cover off, preload the spring all the way around, and just drop the rounds in one at a time, nose first. In fact even with he "tool" I have been unable to load it any other way. But I have yet to have a SINGLE misfire whist loading it from the side like this...plus, it's FAST to load! I like the PPS-50 because it's a handy little carbine-sized unit. I put a swivel stud for a bipod on it. The bipod leg doubles are a makeshift foregrip, as well, like an old WW2 movie, lol...

I have a short video of 50 rounds through it without a hitch, if I can figure out this drop-box app. Trying to get it from my phone to Youtube...too big a file to email.
 
I have both, and I love them both. The key, I have found, is loading the Pietta 50-round drum like on that You-tube video, (it comes up 2dn or 3rd when you search "pps-50 drum mag" where you take the side cover off, preload the spring all the way around, and just drop the rounds in one at a time, nose first. In fact even with he "tool" I have been unable to load it any other way. But I have yet to have a SINGLE misfire whist loading it from the side like this...plus, it's FAST to load! I like the PPS-50 because it's a handy little carbine-sized unit. I put a swivel stud for a bipod on it. The bipod leg doubles are a makeshift foregrip, as well, like an old WW2 movie, lol...

I have a short video of 50 rounds through it without a hitch, if I can figure out this drop-box app. Trying to get it from my phone to Youtube...too big a file to email.
 
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