Reproduction Snail Drum - progress

DonVoigt · 09-16-2016, 02:28 PM

The area and fit you point out is one of the main problems with the repro drums.
There is a tolerance in the mag well, and the drums are at max or over.

Some drums just WILL not fit some lugers, solution is switch lugers, or reduce the size of the mag body on the drum.

Usually less than half a millimeter is all that is the problem, either use a hammer and tap the "big" spot in, or file it and sand it down a little. then polish and lube.

I have done this to both my repro mags to get an easy fit, and I still have a couple lugers that are so "minimum" that even a modified drum won't slide in easily.

09-16-2016, 02:28 PM	#9
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,356 Times in 2,041 Posts	The area and fit you point out is one of the main problems with the repro drums. There is a tolerance in the mag well, and the drums are at max or over. Some drums just WILL not fit some lugers, solution is switch lugers, or reduce the size of the mag body on the drum. Usually less than half a millimeter is all that is the problem, either use a hammer and tap the "big" spot in, or file it and sand it down a little. then polish and lube. I have done this to both my repro mags to get an easy fit, and I still have a couple lugers that are so "minimum" that even a modified drum won't slide in easily. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie