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Post by hairy apple on May 20, 2009 18:22:03 GMT -5
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Post by m5a11943 on May 26, 2009 8:52:28 GMT -5
Thanks "Hairyapple" you came up with this just at the right time.
The one I have broke over this past weekend and it was fortunetly not at a game.
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Post by detasman on May 26, 2009 14:07:05 GMT -5
I have this magazine. (See my review in the Armory Section.) It works well. It fits very nicely on the M1A1 Thompson guns. It feeds flawlessly. It holds a huge amount of bbs (rated at 450). Winding is a breeze with the big wing on front. Best of all its metal.
HOWEVER, it looks a bit goofy on the M1A1. I have the magazine mounted on an M1928 and it looks much beter on that gun. Afterall, the M1A1 was never intended to use a drum magazine, whereas the M1928 was.
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Post by hairy apple on May 26, 2009 14:48:21 GMT -5
Oh, nice. I had not seen that. Very cool. Thanks.
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Post by Fusilier on May 26, 2009 17:56:59 GMT -5
Not for nothin',but I've never seen any pics of drum mags being used in combat. Unless I'm looking in all the wrong places...
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Post by redjoshman on May 26, 2009 18:26:08 GMT -5
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Post by hairy apple on May 26, 2009 18:59:48 GMT -5
No, not very ww2, but cool anyway for fun.
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Post by Adler69 on May 26, 2009 19:15:46 GMT -5
Marines used the drum mag , specially early on   In the ETO , MED and Afrika , maybe not used by US troops , but the British used the drum mag in their Thompsons. |
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Post by Fusilier on May 26, 2009 19:16:20 GMT -5
No, not very ww2, but cool anyway for fun. Yeah,cool if you're doing 1920's gangsters or Prohibition,but not for WW2. I'd love a 5000 round box mag for my MP-44,that would be cool too,but it's just not historically correct. |
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Post by Adler69 on May 26, 2009 22:20:00 GMT -5
Also the Dutch used drum mags with the few Thompson's they got before the start of the war.
The Greek army also had a few drum mags for their Thompson's .
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Post by hairy apple on May 26, 2009 22:50:04 GMT -5
What is up with the forgrip in those photos... never seen one like that.
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Post by Adler69 on May 26, 2009 22:56:26 GMT -5
Those guys are Raiders , they added the pistol grips . Dutch Soldier in the Dutch East Indies 1941/42  British Soldier with Drum mag  and the most famous photo of an Englishman armed with a Thompson  |
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Post by hairy apple on May 26, 2009 23:05:07 GMT -5
Huh, interesting. You learn something new every day!
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Post by Fusilier on May 26, 2009 23:09:18 GMT -5
Hey,now I may have a use for my Dutch helmet!
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Post by Karl on May 27, 2009 19:00:50 GMT -5
For you MP40 fans. ;D It's a dual mag if you can't tell.   Something else you don't see everyday.  Never, ever use a drum mag on a M1A1, that was never done in WWII. |
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Post by Adler69 on May 27, 2009 19:37:13 GMT -5
For you MP40 fans. ;D It's a dual mag if you can't tell. Yeap , that's an M40-II . How about this MP40k , i actually fired one of this and carried it for about 2 weeks as a CQB weapon , until i was ordered to stop using it .  |
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Post by Seff on May 27, 2009 20:47:07 GMT -5
Never, ever use a drum mag on a M1A1, that was never done in WWII. That's the special Thompson that was offered to the army in 1923 as an intermediate-powered weapon - the army wasn't interested. Using a drum magazine in an M1 or M1A1 is impossible, since the receiver lacks the sliding slots, exactly to prevent GI's from using the unstable drum mags. |
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Post by hairy apple on May 27, 2009 22:48:41 GMT -5
Never, ever use a drum mag on a M1A1, that was never done in WWII. Do it it. Don't even think of doing it. Horible things will happen to kittens if you do. Ok, not really... just the way you used the "never, ever" made it scary. |
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Post by m5a11943 on May 28, 2009 8:18:09 GMT -5
Never say never, it makes one look stupid. Remember you were not there! Just because one source says no another will say yes.
The drum mags were used early on in the Pacific but were faised out by early 1943. While they were being replaced, many stayed in service alot longer. One of the many reasons to replace it was that when the mag was half empty the remaining rounds would roll around inside making very noticable noise.
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Post by Seff on May 28, 2009 10:00:44 GMT -5
The point isn't if it was or wasn't used in WWII, the point is that it is physically impossible it use a drum mag with a M1 or M1A1 receiver - it's like playing with an AEG Garand with an M14 mag sticking out; it looks wrong to anyone who knows about weapons.
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Post by Tobbe on May 28, 2009 10:06:09 GMT -5
Ehm? I know that rattly mags is a issue with high cap mags in airsoft:-) ..But isn't a drum mag spring fed? How can the rounds rool around and still feed at the same time?
And Apple..
I aggre on the scary use of "never,ever"..I think that advice has started to sound more like threats here latley..
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Post by Medic on May 28, 2009 14:15:35 GMT -5
Tobbe, they're probably on a track, like around the magazine. I doubt its just a big box of BBs with a little straw. |
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Post by 5thrangerbat on May 28, 2009 14:17:49 GMT -5
it'l still be fun to use in a non-WWII or period kind of game.
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Post by Medic on May 28, 2009 14:21:49 GMT -5
Wear a pinstripe suit to a game, that'd be awesome!
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Post by Tobbe on May 28, 2009 15:06:35 GMT -5
Yeah medic,I know..I was just being retorical..I just thougt it sounded funny. :-)
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Post by Adler69 on May 28, 2009 20:24:36 GMT -5
it's like playing with an AEG Garand with an M14 mag sticking out; it looks wrong to anyone who knows about weapons. Unless you take into account the Beretta BM59  |
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Post by Sgt_Tom on May 28, 2009 20:39:26 GMT -5
Yea I've seen those before. Neat looking rifle. I guess if anyone asked about the whole in the bottom of my M1 AEG at a display I'll just say its one of these guys lol |
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Post by Seff on May 29, 2009 4:54:15 GMT -5
Ah yes, or the prototype that accepted BAR magazines:  Neither of these (prototype or BM59) ever found their way into GI hands, though  I suspect you knew that, however. |
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Post by Karl on May 29, 2009 5:02:06 GMT -5
Never, ever use a drum mag on a M1A1, that was never done in WWII. Do it it. Don't even think of doing it. Horible things will happen to kittens if you do. Ok, not really... just the way you used the "never, ever" made it scary. Posted by m5a11943 on Yesterday at 9:18am Sorry about the "Never, ever" thing, I was trying to prove a point. You can't fit a drum mag on a real M1A1 |
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Post by hairy apple on May 29, 2009 10:46:43 GMT -5
Ha ha.. No worries. I was just kidding around becuase you made it sound so serous.
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I suspect you knew that, however.