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I was talking with my grandfather the other day about the second world war. During the conversation he mentioned that he had two 20 round mags, two 30 round mags, and a 50 drum. He also mentioned that he only put drum in at night because it was too much to be carrying all day. Now this raises a question of mine, how much does a fully loaded 50 weigh and how much does a fully loaded 30 weigh. Thanks in advance

 

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FWIW,

 

A 30 stick empty is 8oz. loaded it's 32 oz. That data comes form Frank's book. I can not find, quickly, any info on the weights of the drums. However, just the rounds account for about 2.5 lbf. and I'd guess, loaded a 50 weighs about 4, maybe a bit more. It's deffinately heavy normally resulting in a drum dump just to relieve the load. http://www.machinegunbooks.com/forums/invboard1_1_2/upload/html/emoticons/smile.gif

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My 1943 M1 Garand weights in at 9.58lbs.

My 1943 Thompson M1 weights in at 10.48lbs.

My 1928 WH weights in at 9.98lbs.

50 rounds of .45acp weights in at 2.00lbs.

.45acp weights in at(on my digital work scale).04 lbs. each Add the 5.25lbs for a drum and you have a total of 17.23lbs.

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