Just in case anyone wants to include Beta C-Mags in their T2k campaigns I've found a brochure that details the years the different versions of the C-Mags were developed for particular weapons. The brochure is here:
http://www.newhopeadvertising.com/Sa...G_brochure.pdf
According to the brochure the details are:
1987 – M16/M4/AR15 (didn’t the M4 go into service in 1994 though?)
1988 – C-Mag Speed Loader
1990 – Steyr AUG
1991 – M249 SAW/FN Minimi (presumably this slots in like a 30 rnd mag and will be really unwieldy?)
1997 – G36
2000 – MP5
2001 – HK33
2004 – SIG 550/551
2005 – Mini-14
2010 – Uzi/G3/HK91/FN FAL and STANAG
Based on the discussions and comments in the posts above I will be giving them a massive unreliability factor in my T2k campaigns as the early ones obviously had problems. One would make a good unusual item for PCs to discover though.
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Originally Posted by waiting4something
The magazine on the box cover is actually a drawing of a Firepower Inc. Firepower Assault Magazine. That drum always got me curious to what it was or if it was just something the artist dreamed up from a RPK drum. Then when I finally saw them on auctions I was like "that's it"! It was the one real thing I bought because of that box cover.
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From everything that I've read on the internet the Firepower Assault Magazine appears to be even more unreliable than the early Beta C-Mags. I believe (please correct me if I'm wrong someone) that it is designed to hold 70 rounds but suffers increased problems with jams if you load more than 50 in it. Even with 50 in it there is quite a risk with a jam.
I also believe that it is slow and awkward to reload as you have to turn a clockwork "winder" as you load individual rounds.
Does anyone have any idea how much one might weigh? They look heavy to me.