drum magazine

American  

noun

1. a receptacle that holds and feeds cartridges to a submachine gun or light machine gun.

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Example Sentences

Mr Williams said federal agents also found three semi-automatic rifles with defaced serial numbers, and a drum magazine.

From BBC

That’s because he was equipped with a 100-round drum magazine.

From Washington Post

A search of his car turned up an “AR-style” rifle and two other handguns, as well as a “drum magazine” for the rifle that held 100 rounds.

From Seattle Times

A clerk or the store’s owner, Mohammed Reza Baghai, sold investigators nine such magazines — including a 50-round drum magazine, two 30-round magazines for an AR-15 style rifle and a 33-round magazine for a Glock 17 pistol, Ferguson said.

From Seattle Times

When I returned to Nerf as an adult, a five-shot revolver you could prime with your thumb was a revelation, and yet you’d still have to carry a bulky drum magazine to feed a rifle with more than 18 darts at a time.

From The Verge