Ruger 10/22

[Gil Boyd]

I bought a Ruger 10/22 with a Christies adjustable tactical stock and MFT forend grip and picatinny rails, fitted with an ER SHAW 18" bull barrel with match chamber and 11 degree crown.
It also had buffer technologies recoil buffer, power custom competition sear and spring oversize bolt handle and custom spring etc etc all the makings of a great rabbit gun for its flexibility and size.
The down side was I needed a way of carrying more rounds loaded as I had been tasked with mopping up "Bright Eyes" and 200 of his friends in a large sand pit miles from anywhere for a friend, and 10 round mags and 25 round mags in the rain weren't big enough without a lot of hassle whilst swamped with bunnies.
Cutting to the chase:
I bought a PUMA make 50 round drum magazine which worked fantastic on the first 50 rounds fired but thereafter presented a jam every other round or just didn't feed/hop up without problems.
I have now read all the literature and stuff on websites about the drum, and don't seem to be able to find a problem, other than being in the knowledge its all plastic instead of metal magazine lugs holding it in situ correctly or tight enough in the housing. Has anybody else had the same issues and if so how did you remedy the problem, because the rifle does what it says on the box and is outstanding when using authentic Ruger mags, but the PUMA drum mag doesn't?

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