Sold OUT: TYPE 81 LMG

[mach 1]

What makes us believe that they will accept return of all of these drums!?!

Never said they would but why wouldn't they? Its a stocked non registered item not some special ordered item or clearance item. People are allowed to change their minds and return things especially if it doesn't specifically say no returns or all sales are final. Plus one would think more drums are on the way with the next batch plus however more they have instock probably won't move now unless they drop the price atleast 75% (about 50 per drum.

Regardless I don't have answers just stating what I would want.

 

[EthanW]

Large piece of sheet metal riveted over the inside, 81 drum on the right, standard ak drum on the left.

How do we tell if one's better than the other?

I just need some education here!

 

[Jeffhere]

How do we tell if one's better than the other?

I just need some education here!

Huh?
One drum magazine's internal hardware is unmachined metal that can never hold more than 5 rounds. The other could be used to hold full drum capacity as it has been machined, and is only limited by a pin.

I can't wait until we have 30 Rd center fire magazines which are a solid block of aluminum past the 5 Rd point!

 

[EthanW]

Delete

 

[Karnage]

It is advertised as "blocked to 5 rounds" instead of "manufactured to hold 5 rounds"!

this ^^^^

This is why I'm upset. If the mag was original and pinned/rivited to spec I wouldn't have a problem.
This was incorrectly advertised as "blocked", not "manufactured as". I would have bought 5 mags instead.

Being a purist sucks sometimes.

 

[Karnage]

From their website:

Drum Magazine for Type 81

Manufactured by: Poly Technologies

$199.00
Add to Cart:

Details:
Drum magazine for Type 81. Fits both standard and LMG versions. Blocked to 5 rounds.

Sorry, but my 10rd Glock mag isn't "blocked to 10".

 

[EthanW]

Delete

 

[_JR_]

Wtf...horse ####.

 

[FannyBayR1]

I don't want them to screw up my order so I'll wait until my package arrives and decide what I'll do with the drum mag once I see it (return for refund).

 

[Leadwizard]

So looking over the other magazines they sell, none of them say blocked to 5, all say 5/x. The type 81 drum and banana magazines say blocked to 5, this has me a little worried.

 

[firebat]

So getting just a spare mag and no drum was a smart decision.. I don't have an intent to sell, but I'm sure I am not going to lose any money (to say the least) if I decide to to do so in the future. So patiently waiting for my order to get shipped

 

[_JR_]

So looking over the other magazines they sell, none of them say blocked to 5, all say 5/x. The type 81 drum and banana magazines say blocked to 5, this has me a little worried.

Ugh I really hope the banana mags are 5/30’s. This purchase is quickly souring.

 

[john523]

I will return my drum for sure. By $200 ish, I can buy a ak47 drum. I didn’t buy it before because it wouldn’t lock the bolt after the last bullet. But LMG wound not lock at all anyway.

 

[john523]

I remember it was said that the drum was pinned to 5. Was I wrong?

 

[fctg21c]

Ugh I really hope the banana mags are 5/30’s. This purchase is quickly souring.

Dw they are 5/30 s.

 

[Curtton]

Plus one would think more drums are on the way with the next batch plus however more they have instock probably won't move now unless they drop the price atleast 75% (about 50 per drum.

$50? i will back up the truck and buy every one.

granted, it wasnt like the $200 romanian drum with all the internal in tact i was expecting but it still looks and function as a drum so it wasnt a complete loss. knowing what i know now, would i've bought two.... no way. maybe at $100.

 

[Jeffhere]

Anyone with order number 7800 (or higher) have their tracking information yet?

 

[Gaebz]

Sent them an email to cancel my 14 drums. They should have mentioned it on their website. This is major.

What if the law changes? collectors? Zombies, whatever. I wanted drums with the internals still active, just like Pmags, Type 81 5/30 mags etc.
I'm not paying for that.

 

[Emshey]

Can anyone confirm the 5/30 banana mags are “real”?

 

[Tactical Imports]

UPDATE
We understand many are not happy with drum magazine design. To be honest when the factory showed us the pictures of the drum we had thought the plate was covering the internals. And we hadn't had the chance to investigate further due to large order rush upon arrival. We have a phone meeting tomorrow with factory to discuss the possibility of a free retrofit kit to allow customers to install original plate and spring so it can be riveted instead of internally blocked. Please stay tuned.

We have received a large volume of drum magazine refund requests, please refrain from sending multiple emails/voicemails all correspondence will be responded to and it will be done in order. Sending multiple emails and leaving multiple voicemails only adds more work for our team and slows everything down further. Our first priority will be to pull orders from queue to allow our team time to re-process orders as invoices and possibly shipping labels will have to be re-done and we don't want anyone worrying their order will ship before their drums will be refunded from order. Once done it will go back into queue in the place it was previously. Thank you for your patience.