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MikeP · 10-28-2001, 07:08 PM

You don't have to worry about tension as long as it is unwound--the main spring is safely secured in a welded housing you can't get to.

My feeling is that these things are pretty expensive and are unfixable in terms of breaking that big spring which is over 70 years old.

They are a nice accessory and a relic best left on the shelf. I shoot most of my guns-even rarer ones-but I don't see how you could fix that spring if it broke.It is inside a cup welded to the body of the mag.

--just my take. Knowing about GI's-there must have been some interesting and painful accidents with these things.

Trainees have been known to screw up iron balls and anvils.

10-28-2001, 07:08 PM	#3
MikeP User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ILL Posts: 686 Thanks: 36 Thanked 452 Times in 198 Posts	Re: Questions on Trommel magazine You don't have to worry about tension as long as it is unwound--the main spring is safely secured in a welded housing you can't get to. My feeling is that these things are pretty expensive and are unfixable in terms of breaking that big spring which is over 70 years old. They are a nice accessory and a relic best left on the shelf. I shoot most of my guns-even rarer ones-but I don't see how you could fix that spring if it broke.It is inside a cup welded to the body of the mag. --just my take. Knowing about GI's-there must have been some interesting and painful accidents with these things. Trainees have been known to screw up iron balls and anvils.