Reproduction Snail Drum - progress

PhilOhio · 03-17-2017, 10:34 AM

Thanks Don. Your comment on cartridges perhaps ordinarily not coming up to the lips during manual tinkering is going to save me a lot of time trying to correct something that probably can't be changed.

I had noticed this earlier, and then surmised that maybe it wouldn't do it in actual use. This sort of thing has been all but eliminated in later designs of just about all high cap mags.

The more I study this OEM drum, the more I am amazed that they got it to work at all, and that they fielded so many. That spring in the main drum is something that might not be believed by people who have not actually handled one and tried to compress it. It really would be interesting to know all the injuries it has caused over the last 100 years. If that skinny lever gets away from you, a lot of force is unleashed. I hope I don't become the latest casualty, but I don't plan to use it much, once I know it works.

In truth, the snail drum is about as useful as a belt feed conversion on a Baby Browning. But it's just so neat.

03-17-2017, 10:34 AM	#11
PhilOhio User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ohio Posts: 145 Thanks: 5 Thanked 17 Times in 14 Posts	Drum Feed Behavior Thanks Don. Your comment on cartridges perhaps ordinarily not coming up to the lips during manual tinkering is going to save me a lot of time trying to correct something that probably can't be changed. I had noticed this earlier, and then surmised that maybe it wouldn't do it in actual use. This sort of thing has been all but eliminated in later designs of just about all high cap mags. The more I study this OEM drum, the more I am amazed that they got it to work at all, and that they fielded so many. That spring in the main drum is something that might not be believed by people who have not actually handled one and tried to compress it. It really would be interesting to know all the injuries it has caused over the last 100 years. If that skinny lever gets away from you, a lot of force is unleashed. I hope I don't become the latest casualty, but I don't plan to use it much, once I know it works. In truth, the snail drum is about as useful as a belt feed conversion on a Baby Browning. But it's just so neat.