Original Snail Drum owners!
 

Hello to all! I hope all of you have a wonderful holiday season and into the new year... but, still, there is time to get some work done before Santa comes.... I have a small request for all the members, that have one or more Luger 32 round snail drums.. I need a cross section of measurements of:
The distance from the top front edge of the front spine, down to the TOP of the mag catch notch? Please measure it with a caliper, digital, dial, or vernier.... (I can't even remember how to run those things?...:eek:) Anyway, the measurement should be somewhere between 1.050" and 1.120" with maybe an extreme at 1.130" + I'm interested in where the notch was original cut, not where it has degraded to? The more the merrier, please lend me a hand in this as you guys are an important resource in the quest to hunt down gremlins and such!:thumbup:... best to all, til...lat'r....GT

gctomeks@msn.com

1.085"

I get 1.107 G.T.

Lon

1.109

I'd call it from the notch to the front edge, i.e. the rounded part or front of the mag body section.
What I'd call a spine is on the side, and varies depending on how much it is rolled over.

Don

Hi Don!
 

Yes! I know all those machinist terms!...:eek:.. "From the top of the rounded thingy on the pointy end, to the top of the mostly square hole part further down on the rounded thingy" ......:thumbup:... communication is always the key!... Thanks for the info boys! Keep it coming.. makes a hugh difference in performance! More than anyone probably realizes?... Thanks Don, til....lat'r....GT

Hi G.T.
A.E.G. 1.078"
Bing Type 1 1.105"
Bing Type 2 1.100"
Regards, Norm

pattern emerges?
 

Excellent info guys! It's starting to look like 1.100" to 1.110" is the current preferred range?.... A couple of them less, not many of the ones I measured have been more than the above range.... Thanks to all, please continue if you have data to add! Thanks and best to all, til...lat'r...GT.....:thumbup:

GT,
If you err to the long side, one can always adjust the notch up, with a needle file!
Tough to fill it in if it is too high, causing the mag to ride low in the receiver.
Just my $.02.

yes, you are correct....
 

Hi Don, as you well know, too little is a killer, and too little would definitely create problems such as we have been battling for quite awhile!....:eek:.... I am trying at this point to see what the original minimum, and also average dimension is, to arrive at a workable compromise?... It has the fit the loader as well, and with a lot of bending to the loaders insert lip limits, I find it will just barely accept 1.140" so, that is obviously outside the long dimension parameter for compatibility? And, also, 1.035" is an area where we already know the demon dwells! .....:eek:... It's really looking like 1.100" to 1.110" is going to be ideal?....probably start at 1.120" and see how everything pans out..... :thumbup:... we're close.... Stay tuned, Best to you Don, til...lat'r...GT.........:cheers:

GT..Would LOVE to add to this but my full P-Kasten is at my Summer home! Sorry...But keep up the great work!

no problem.....
 

Hi Jer, we are hot on the trail!.....:eek:..... who would have ever thought it would be an adventure like this?..... But, what fun as well!....Best to you, til...lat'r...GT.....:thumbup:

Bing Magazine 1.109

Bing (that you rebuilt for me) 1.100.

Doug