please tell me this doesn't actually exist
this fucking mag looks so retarded
>>30154026
that one look like 75 round mag
Russia did make some 100 round prototype mag
>>30154039
>it looks like a 75 round mag
why the fuck would someone use that over the drum mag
>>30154026
You're probably thinking that's a rifle not a heavier barreled lmg where bigger mags make sense
>>30154042
some retard bought too make steel mag
so he cut them up and weld them together
also casket mag exist
>>30154046
I know it's a fucking RPK, but why would you use something that looks retarded like that over this?
>>30154052
drums are a bitch to load, a bitch to carry, and more mechanically complex.
I've always wanted to get an RPK just for the cool factor, but I don't think I could ever drop 1k on a what's essentially just an AK with a bipod.
>>30154076
The heavier barrel really matters for long term automatic fire.
>>30154052
Because drums are less reliable.
>>30154080
>automatic fire
Yeah, I'd definitely be able to justify it if I were getting a full auto version, but the non-NFA semi autos are essentially no different than an AK, but are $400+ more.
>>30154076
if you don't already have an AK then get an RPK
it's better at suppressive fire and is more accurate at range
>>30154093
so basicly: buy a VEPR
>>30154146
whatever
>>30154026
>>30154042
Because some of us care about practicality and usability over looks my 13 year old ally.
>>30155137
> practicality and usability over looks
Spoiler; a meter long double-stack is far less practical and usable than a drum mag, my nogunz tryhard.
>>30154073
>drums are a bitch to load
I can't imagine a top-loader RPK mag being any more difficult to load than a magazine as long as your torso.
>a bitch to carry
Again, as opposed to a torso-length magazine?
> and more mechanically complex.
But the RPK drums are perfectly reliable.
>>30154076
I had a norinco rpk a few years back. Really fucking miss it. So much more accurate. Heavy barrel is nice in so many ways. Wish I never got rid of it. Desperate times....
Listen to this Anon...>>30154093
>He's right ya know
>>30154073
>Drums are a bitch to load
Whut? Pop open the back, dump rounds in, close, wind, good to go.
They are smaller, easier to reload, faster to reload, easier to carry, and damn reliable.
>>30155137
The 100rd semi-circle mag is dogshit though.
The spring is literally too stiff for you to fully load the magazine, they're infamous for capping out at 75rds, then you can't compress the spring any further, they're long, bulky, and don't feed worth shit, there's a reason they never went past experimental stages, that they actually got sold off to the US surplus market is comical.
When you can get actual drums that hold 75rds naturally, weigh less, are easier to load, and actually WORK, why the fuck would you go for these monstrosities?
Not to mention that the 45rd regular magazines work pretty decently on their own at that.
I know some exist purely as a novelty. I don't know if there are actual functioning ones.
>>30155941
Every time I see one of these, I get the urge to buy one...then hammer it flat and sharpen it and put it on my AK to be used like a Halberd/battle axe.
Is that wrong?
>>30154073
You have never loaded one of these things, they're murder on your thumbs, even with a magloader.
>>30154083
They're more reliable than the semi-circle mag.
>>30154076
What you could do is to fit it for a bump-fire stock, this will actually work surprisingly well with a bipod once you get the knack for it, it's not 100% like a real full-auto RPK, but it can provide a similar volume of fire at a similar rate.
It's fun as FUCK, these kind of constructions are nicknamed "Bump-SAWs"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6eI6QpI4Ik
Video here shows an AR-15 build, but the concept is the same with an AK build (and the AK would probably handle heat a little better).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zI7IY41v1w
Here's one demonstrated with an RPK
>>30154073
>Drums are a bitch to load
Nodrums detected.
>>30155941
those were supposed to function, but they are such shit they sell them as novelties. they will feed a round or two before jamming.
>>30155941
There are old Russian ones, as discussed in the thread, they were experimental, and they didn't work for shit, but TECHNICALLY they functioned, unlike the National Mag decorative piece there.
They have this hook on the front end, you catch the hook on the muzzle-brake and help rock-in the mag that way, see: >>30154039
They're probably not very expensive because they aren't very good, they're more like something you might buy one of just to have in your collection, to show friends like "Haha, look at that silly thing? Can you imagine using that"
>>30155979
he's probably talking about the Romanian top load milsurp drums (good drums), but there is a handle to remove spring tension for loading, he is just a retard
>>30154073
I should point out that the added mechanical complexity in the 75rd and 90rd drum magazines is what allows them to actually work, unlike the semi-circle mags.
>>30155964
That's actually a good idea, but you could also just get a halberd extension for a 45rd magazine
