SinistralRifleman Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 (edited) I've had about 10 complete cycles of 20 through my drum before without any issues. Today at the local rifle/shotgun match, a stage called for 2 Slugs and 14 shot. I loaded the drum up with 18 shot and 2 slugs at the top. The 2nd and 3rd rounds going into the chamber failed to feed all the way in. It appeared they weren't feeding up fast enough to keep up with the increased bolt speed using hotter ammo. At least one more shell latter in the drum malfunctioned too, guessing the added slug recoil might have shaken them up in the drum? The drum apparently is supposed to be tensioned to work with different load types (hotter vs lighter). Silly me I never tried shooting slugs through it before...oops. Shot another 20 bird shot through it after that with no issues. Anyone else have experience using mixed loads in the Saiga drums? Edited May 11, 2009 by SinistralRifleman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonT Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 The lighter load buck and slugs might work for you. We're looking for some at our club but no luck over here. We're not feeding a drum, just concerned about not wanting to change the gas setting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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