[Darth]

I received my MD20 Drum today(thanks, you are the man!!) and I love it!!! It seems to be VERY well designed and manufactured. Not to mention it has to be one of the coolest looking accessories ever made for a firearm.

It wasn't as easy fitting it for me as it was in the video, but I don't think any two Siagas are made exactly alike, and having previously never done it, I was being VERY cautious. I was also using a small metal finger nail file, which couldn't have helped much. lol

I really only had to do the "A Fitting". After grinding on that thing for a couple of hours, just when I thought it was never going to work(I was beginning to wonder if my mag release was too long), I heard what seemed to be a magical click when I inserted the drum on what was probably the 75th attempt. It barely locked into place that first time. I replaced it a few times, and it started locking into place easily. For good measure, I went ahead and did a few passes on the "B Fitting" just to clean up the underside of the catch, even though I don't think I really needed to.

Even with my long trial and error, it was all very much worth it in the end. The drum fits beautifully, with absolutely no play at all in any direction. I filled it up and manually cycled all of the shells, and they fed perfectly. Next stop is the range. I've never more looked forward to turning my shoulder various shades of blue and purple.

Thanks MD for such an awesome magazine and an overall great product. Keep up the great work!!!!

[post-apocalyptic]

I just received my MD-20 drum today and right out of the box it wouldn't fit.. the rear locking lug was hitting the "lip" in the rear of the receiver magwell and preventing it from locking in place.

After watching this excellent video, 5 minutes with a file, (fitting A), remedied this problem easily. No fitting B required, just a bit off the top edge and now it's lockin in place beatifully and easily. I haven't tried the drum yet, (I will tomorrow morning), but I have to say that the drum seems to be extremely well-made and I'm very impressed with the construction and how perfectly it now locks in place.

Thank you for this fantastic product, Mike!!!

This post has been edited by post-apocalyptic: 02 February 2010 - 11:43 PM

[Greenego]

I got my drum about a week ago. Got it filed down today. Tight fit. The only question I have is cycling. I have some dummy rounds. Put them into the drum to see if all was working correctly. First one entered chamber OK. When I tried to pull the bolt back to cycle the gun, it wouldn't come back. I tried this with a 5 round mag. no problem. Is there something else I may need to do the the drum or is this normal?

This post has been edited by Greenego: 05 July 2010 - 04:35 PM

[KC913]

Take it out and put some live rounds through it. I put over 400 shells through one of my new run drums on the 4th without a hiccup.

[TO THE FLOOR]

One of my drums I had to ajust the A & B fittings but the other fit right out of the box...go figure.

[doodi1]

Last weekend I finally sat down and fitted my 3 new drums to my Saiga 12. I really took my time on the first one and after an hour of slow filing (Fitting A)I heard the satisfying click of the mag sitting home. Once i figure out how far i have to go, the other two were a snap to fit. Each taking approx. 7 minutes. No fitting B was required!

Interestingly, I have a brand new unconverted Saiga 12 in the box and i tryed to see how close i was to fit the new SG. To my surprise the magwell of the new Saiga was so tight that i could bare get the nose of the mag catch into the recess in the receiver. Even then it was too tight with no hope of lock up. I then tried the 5 round mag that was still in the original wrapper and found out that it was also tight with the original Saiga mag and it had to be fitted to lock-in the magwell. The AGP's locked in the new Shot gun no problem. Its amazing how much variety is in the fit and finish of the Saiga guns. This must drive all the aftermarket parts suppliers batty!!