New challange! Old problem!

[G.T.]

Well, Rich, Rick and all were correct! There now, is blood!......... happened on a repro drum when trying to get inside to have a look'e'see! It took about 3 free rotations on my left hand, No stitches, but just by the grace of God on that! about two cuts per rotation... let me see?? Too many.... Anyway, once inside here is what we learned..... The Numrich repro drums are actually made pretty close to the original in almost all respects?... Now, to clarify, this is a current repro, not one of the first? I had inspected an early repro, and it had some issues that seem to have been paid a little attention, and as a result, a pretty good bit of kit! The mag. catch notch is better located, and the spring tension was considerably stronger... Now, as George Fortier found out right away, (his cat will never be the same!) some of the repros need an additional turn on the spring, not necessarily to make function, but to make it the same as the originals.... BTW, I think to be correct, the spring is wound as tight as possible with just a few degrees of rotation left prior to "solid" as in wind it as tight as possible, and the back it off until you can lock it??.....This is where the greatest potential for blood is, as you have to remove the inside arm to preload it?.... I am experimenting with my newly made springs to see if the same tension can be arrived at when fully compressed? ... That's all for now! BTW, if you want your repro drum re-tensioned, I will do it for you for a small fee??? Email me at, gctomeks@msn.cm.... best to all, til...lat'r.....GT