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A truly automatic shotgun

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Armatac CL drum review: new on GunMag Warehouse blog

150-round STANAG drum for rifles and light machine guns.

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Not an Operator.

Keltec weapon light on a rail forend, 50 round drum that actually functions, red dot sight, extended charging handle, GG&G adapter for single point sling, vertical foregrip. If 50 rounds feels like too much, 33rd and 17rd stick magazines also … Continue reading

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75-round handrest

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Protect yourself. Protect your hearing.

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MMC Tactical 16″ rifle

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Various magazines for M&P15-22

The standard M&P 15-22 comes with very reliable 25rd magazines. They have only one down side, the open construction to facilitate loading. They are also out currently of stock with most vendors. Two alternatives both raise capacity and improve sealing. … Continue reading

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Hit the gym!

Besides the obvious health benefits, more muscle means you can operate heavier toys. This DSA FAL is hefty — a heavy barrel, a 100rd Beta drum and a 2.5-10x optic do add up — but also capable of keeping up … Continue reading

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Drill types

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Can your rifle be accurately aimed one-handed?

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Does this look heavy to you?

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Good, quick, cheap — pick any two.

Unlike extended box magazines, properly designed drums do not put every round under constant spring pressure, only those inside the feed tower. That improves feeding reliability. A drum is also shorter than a 30rd .308 magazine, so firing prone is … Continue reading

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New on CTD: On Reliability of Drum Magazines

An overview of drums.

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Fun with massive firepower

Linoge from Walls of the City brought this shotgun last month. It was a lot of fun.

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OK, maybe this wouldn’t stop a riot…

…but it would certainly end one fast!

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New on CTD blog: Durable Stocking Stuffers

aka “magazines“.

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The loudest girl on this beach

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Thompson girl

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Drums that work

With rimmed cartridges, drum magazines work very well. Each round has a spot of its own and they only commingle in the feed column. With PPS50, the stack is barely a couple of rounds tall. And the gun looks neat, … Continue reading

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Your rifle doesn’t have to swim in gun oil to work

The rifle shown with the Armatac drum is mine. Thanks to the Timney trigger and free-floated barrel, it shoots very well. Instead of the unmagnified EOtech holographic sight shown in the video, I use a 3.5-15x Nightforce scope.

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