Quick Tip: How To Load a KCI Drum Magazine

Nothing beats the thrill of letting off 75 or 100 rounds from your AR-15 or AK-47 without stopping to reload. You can do that with a KCI drum magazine. But loading up that drum can be a pain IF you don't know the right way to do it. Brownells Gun Tech™ Caleb Savant shows us how to load KCI's 75-round AK-47 drum mag quickly, so you can get back to the fun part - shooting. The good news is the KCI mechanism doesn't make you fight spring tension while you're loading. It has a handy button that releases the spring tension, then you hold down the button and rotate the mechanism until the follower makes its way to the center of the "carousel" inside the mag. Now, you can start inserting rounds. KCI divided the "carousel" into compartments, so you just insert the requisite number of rounds into each compartment. Caleb shows us his trick for inserting the last four rounds of just under the feed lips. Now, it's time to wind up the mechanism like an old-fashioned alarm clock to apply the necessary spring tension so the mag will feed properly. When it's "tighter than a drum," you're ready to load it in your Kalashnikov and start shooting!

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