Reproduction Snail Drum - progress

[DonVoigt]

Originally Posted by Greg B.

G.T. you mentioned in one of your posts that you don't know why your reworked drum magazines won't work with anything but Win. White Box. In the current Handloader magazine Terry Wieland has articles about Luger handloading and truncated cone bullets. My 1937 Mauser which is picky about everything worked fine with this bullet shape. Good luck.

Greg B.

GT may have said that in the past, or maybe said that WWB works best or maybe even reliably well. It does help to eliminate the ammo variable when trying any new magazine/pistol combo.

I've fired three x 32 rounds of S & B 124 g fmj this week without any issue.

I have also fired federal, off brand, and surplus canadian ammo from 1945 in my drum all 115g fmg of course. Your results may differ.

The key to getting the drum to work is a pistol that is 100% reliable with the 8 round magazines and which ever ammo you choose.

Ammo that is too long won't work well in a drum, nor an 8 round mag.

If the pistol is not 100% with a straight mag, a drum will only magnify any problems.