Reproduction Snail Drum - progress

ithacaartist · 04-14-2016, 06:07 PM

Thanks for the info on the Strut kit, G.T. I'm getting the impression that it might be a good idea for those who already own them to send any drum to you for a checkup and tuning even though it displays no immediate problems?

G.T. · 04-14-2016, 06:57 PM

Hi David, actually, the drums are, on a large percentage, not even usable right out of the box! They don't fit but just a few Lugers, they fail almost immediately with jams in the mag and in the gun...and almost immediately break as well!!! As far as I know, every one from first to last is the same, although they did seem to improve their assembly procedure a little as they went, but, all are basically the same parts, springs, etc.... When we're done with them, you really can barely tell it from an original? Just a little lighter gauge steel, and maybe a little softer steel as well... It takes a ton of work to make them function correctly..... But, we're doing it, one by one.... I have mainsprings already made for 50 units!

... once I reach that point... then it decision time... as quantity material order is the only feasible choice for the future.... (big numbers for old GT!...

)... best to all, til....lat'r....GT.....

04-14-2016, 06:07 PM	#1
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,374 Thanks: 7,447 Thanked 2,613 Times in 1,380 Posts	Thanks for the info on the Strut kit, G.T. I'm getting the impression that it might be a good idea for those who already own them to send any drum to you for a checkup and tuning even though it displays no immediate problems? __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

04-14-2016, 06:57 PM	#2
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,528 Thanks: 1,334 Thanked 3,711 Times in 1,014 Posts	fit, function and durability! Hi David, actually, the drums are, on a large percentage, not even usable right out of the box! They don't fit but just a few Lugers, they fail almost immediately with jams in the mag and in the gun...and almost immediately break as well!!! As far as I know, every one from first to last is the same, although they did seem to improve their assembly procedure a little as they went, but, all are basically the same parts, springs, etc.... When we're done with them, you really can barely tell it from an original? Just a little lighter gauge steel, and maybe a little softer steel as well... It takes a ton of work to make them function correctly..... But, we're doing it, one by one.... I have mainsprings already made for 50 units! ... once I reach that point... then it decision time... as quantity material order is the only feasible choice for the future.... (big numbers for old GT!...)... best to all, til....lat'r....GT.....