Snail magazine surprise

alanint · 03-01-2011, 08:06 PM

Although Hugo Schmeisser, part of Theodor Bergmann's original design team, came up with a 20 round box magazine for the gun, the German arms commission insisted on the use of the Trommel magazine, since they were in the inventory and relatively plentiful.

I think the changeover to the 20 round box magazine occured during the Weimar era and guns so modified usually have the 1920 double stamp on them.
The sleeve was designed for preventing the Trommel magazine from going too far into the action of the MP18. Why they did not simply design the gun to take the magazine without the sleeve is a mystery.

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03-01-2011, 08:06 PM	#4
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Although Hugo Schmeisser, part of Theodor Bergmann's original design team, came up with a 20 round box magazine for the gun, the German arms commission insisted on the use of the Trommel magazine, since they were in the inventory and relatively plentiful. I think the changeover to the 20 round box magazine occured during the Weimar era and guns so modified usually have the 1920 double stamp on them. The sleeve was designed for preventing the Trommel magazine from going too far into the action of the MP18. Why they did not simply design the gun to take the magazine without the sleeve is a mystery.