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This 50-round drum magazine for 7.62mm could lighten the load for machine gunners
« on: January 26, 2019, 12:39:49 pm »
This 50-round drum magazine for 7.62mm could lighten the load for machine gunners
By: Todd South


LAS VEGAS — The company that finally got polymer magazines adopted for widespread use in the services has a 50-round, 7.62mm drum version of its popular magazine available for purchase.

Magpul’s D-50 weighs just under 2 pounds empty and comes in at about 4.5 pounds fully loaded. But the design puts this package in the same height profile as the 25-round 7.62mm magazine the company currently makes.

The 5.56mm, 30-round PMAG was adopted by the Marine Corps as an acceptable magazine for use in 2017 after years of rave reviews from deployed Marines, some of whom faced punishment for taking the magazines on deployment but did so anyway.

https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2019/01/24/this-50-round-drum-magazine-for-762mm-could-lighten-the-load-for-machine-gunners/
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Re: This 50-round drum magazine for 7.62mm could lighten the load for machine gunners
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2019, 01:34:32 pm »
Be nice if they made these for the M1A, too.
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