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Fellas: I have heard of 25 round drum magazines for the Colt 1911 .45 acp. What do you know of them, if they are available, new production or antique, plastic or metal, etc...? I think it would be a fun thing to add one to my 1911 and play. Your input is appreciated. Cal _______________________________ Cal Pappas, Willow, Alaska www.CalPappas.com www.CalPappas.blogspot.com 1994 Zimbabwe 1997 Zimbabwe 1998 Zimbabwe 1999 Zimbabwe 1999 Namibia, Botswana, Zambia--vacation 2000 Australia 2002 South Africa 2003 South Africa 2003 Zimbabwe 2005 South Africa 2005 Zimbabwe 2006 Tanzania 2006 Zimbabwe--vacation 2007 Zimbabwe--vacation 2008 Zimbabwe 2012 Australia 2013 South Africa 2013 Zimbabwe 2013 Australia 2016 Zimbabwe 2017 Zimbabwe 2018 South Africa 2018 Zimbabwe--vacation 2019 South Africa 2019 Botswana 2019 Zimbabwe vacation 2021 South Africa 2021 South Africa (2nd hunt a month later) ______________________________ | ||
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Most I heard is that they are unreliable. but each to their own. | |||
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Tommy gun? Chicago Typewriter? Trench Sweeper? That is a better drum fed 45 ACP spitter.  577 BME 3"500 KILL ALL 358 GREMLIN 404-375 *we band of 45-70ers* (Founder) Single Shot Shooters Society S.S.S.S. (Founder) | |||
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I understand that the snail drum mags for the P-08 in War 1 were dependable however I have found that the drawback on the P-08 , although a beautiful piece, EVERYTHING had to fit perfectly for premium function. Another case of Teutonic genius + overengineering. Never mistake motion for action. | |||
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I've had the misfortune of trying to make to of them function properly. Guy brought in two of them to the shop I was working in. Neither would feed. Neither would feed when they left. Spent too much time on them for what it was worth. I believe the springs were the main problem. Too weak to push all those rounds | |||
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I'm in a bullseye club (with dwindling participant). The last of the three matches back then was 45. For a joke one of the guys showed up with one of those extra long mags, I think it was a 20rounder. I see they sell 10 &15rnd as well as the drum. | |||
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turns a handgun into a bulky thing having no resemblance to a handgun - kind of like what blaser did to rifles | |||
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I had an antique drum magazine for the 1911 but never tried it out. | |||
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thats funny right there! | |||
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I bought a 1927 (copy) "Thompson" for my son for Christmas a few years ago + we had the devils own time getting the 50 round drum to feed properly. Never mistake motion for action. | |||
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Ive shot some Thompsons that the organizations I worked for had and they worked great and fun to shoot, I would not choose one for combat these days as they shoot slow by comparison..Reminded me of a popping Johnny, John Deere tractor, thud, thud, thud, I seriously doubt that you could make a 1911 Colt feed properly without dropping a bundle of cash with 1911 experts in the gunsmithing trade???I would put a drum magazine in the gun collector catagory and display it in a glass case... Ray Atkinson Atkinson Hunting Adventures 10 Ward Lane, Filer, Idaho, 83328 208-731-4120 rayatkinsonhunting@gmail.com | |||
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