unique snail drum loader; need help with identification

nagmashdriver · 03-23-2017, 05:18 PM

I'm selling this for a friend and unfortunately his deceased cousin does not have any details.

Yes, it's a snail drum loader, but the manufacture is crude and the mechanism is unique. Can anybody help out with identification details??

Thanks in advance!
Steve in Arizona

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Norme · 03-23-2017, 05:39 PM

Hi Steve,
I'm guessing it's a loading tool converted to an unloading tool. During the Weimar period a need was felt for such tools as police armorers did not want drums to remain loaded as it would weaken their springs. During the war of course, drums were unloaded by shooting at the enemy.
Regards, Norm

DonVoigt · 03-23-2017, 10:51 PM

That is indeed what it is, an "un-loader".
Vintage and originality ???

spacecoast · 03-24-2017, 04:58 PM

Maybe it was made in the Khyber Pass...

nagmashdriver · 03-25-2017, 11:30 AM

Thank you, Norm and Don!

A UNloading tool I never would have guessed and that does indeed, make it unique. Thanks so much for enlightening me; I'm a RKI about guns but this never would have occurred to me!

03-23-2017, 05:18 PM	#1
nagmashdriver New User Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	unique snail drum loader; need help with identification I'm selling this for a friend and unfortunately his deceased cousin does not have any details. Yes, it's a snail drum loader, but the manufacture is crude and the mechanism is unique. Can anybody help out with identification details?? Thanks in advance! Steve in Arizona

03-23-2017, 10:51 PM	#3
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,352 Times in 2,040 Posts	That is indeed what it is, an "un-loader". Vintage and originality ??? __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

03-24-2017, 04:58 PM	#4
spacecoast User Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: FL and PA Posts: 332 Thanks: 276 Thanked 243 Times in 109 Posts	Maybe it was made in the Khyber Pass... __________________ My avatars are the Bulgarian word for "Fire", as seen on my 1900, 1906 and 1908 Bulgarian Contract DWM Lugers. Looking for a DWM Commercial side plate #95

03-23-2017, 05:39 PM	#2
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,606 Times in 933 Posts	Hi Steve, I'm guessing it's a loading tool converted to an unloading tool. During the Weimar period a need was felt for such tools as police armorers did not want drums to remain loaded as it would weaken their springs. During the war of course, drums were unloaded by shooting at the enemy. Regards, Norm

03-25-2017, 11:30 AM	#5
nagmashdriver New User Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thank you, Norm and Don! A UNloading tool I never would have guessed and that does indeed, make it unique. Thanks so much for enlightening me; I'm a RKI about guns but this never would have occurred to me!