Drum revision progress!

G.T. · 05-21-2016, 12:02 AM

Hello to all! Well, it's time for a progress report, and it is safe to say, we are up to our neck in drums right now! I have approximately 40 units(both customers & Numrich stock) that I spent the last three days disassembling and will now prep for revision and /or repair... (considerable amount of both!) .

Anyway, Numrich now has a grand total 17 revised drums, and in approximately a month, if all goes well, they will have another 35! ... I am sending them back completed in a quantity of five drums in a shipment.... Doesn't sound like much, but you kinda need to be here to understand!???

Best to all, til....lat'r.....GT....

sheepherder · 05-28-2016, 09:51 AM

I came across this pic in a book on machine guns and thought it was of interest. It raises the question: Which came first? The artillery drum or the submachine gun drum???

Edward Tinker · 05-28-2016, 12:52 PM

artillery drum - I was told these were used post-war and required an adapter

of course I could be wrong but that is what I was told

lugerholsterrepair · 05-28-2016, 01:36 PM

Which came first? The artillery drum or the submachine gun drum???

Ed is absolutely correct. The sub Machine gun that used the Artillery drum with the adapter was the MP 18. 1918.

05-21-2016, 12:02 AM	#1
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,523 Thanks: 1,321 Thanked 3,707 Times in 1,012 Posts	Drum revision progress! Hello to all! Well, it's time for a progress report, and it is safe to say, we are up to our neck in drums right now! I have approximately 40 units(both customers & Numrich stock) that I spent the last three days disassembling and will now prep for revision and /or repair... (considerable amount of both!) . Anyway, Numrich now has a grand total 17 revised drums, and in approximately a month, if all goes well, they will have another 35! ... I am sending them back completed in a quantity of five drums in a shipment.... Doesn't sound like much, but you kinda need to be here to understand!??? Best to all, til....lat'r.....GT....

05-28-2016, 09:51 AM	#2
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,195 Thanks: 1,413 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	I came across this pic in a book on machine guns and thought it was of interest. It raises the question: Which came first? The artillery drum or the submachine gun drum??? Attached Thumbnails __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

05-28-2016, 01:36 PM	#4
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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,962 Thanks: 2,062 Thanked 4,592 Times in 2,114 Posts	artillery drum - I was told these were used post-war and required an adapter of course I could be wrong but that is what I was told