AM15 .22LR Upper, 275 Round Magazine, for M11/9 SMG
Tactical Innovations will soon be selling a .22 LR upper receiver for the M11/9 submachine gun (semi-auto clones are not compatible). The receiver uses American 180 .22 drum magazines which can hold up to 275 rounds.
The AM15 Upper Receiver system, along with quad rail, a 165 rd drum and winder will cost $1395 plus shipping. They will be shipping it as soon as they get ATF approval.
The below youtube video from 2007, posted by a company called Thompson Machine, shows an upper receiver for the M11/9 that uses the American 180 .22 drums …
[ Many thanks to Jeff for emailing me the link. ]
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I believe that either Tactical Innovations or Thompson Machine tried doing select fire, but semi auto mode kept having malfunctions. Therefore full auto only.
That thing sure isn't pretty. But you know what? When you're having a lot of fun, who needs pretty?
Here's my take. When I hold down the trigger on a typical mag for an M11, I get, I believe it to be 32 rounds of full-auto 9mm burst. That goes by FAST! About 2 seconds worth of full-auto. So increasing that time to about 5 times as much or more, could be one heck of a good time. Just don't tell me until you are done loading the magazine, please!