Repro 1st model drum

George Anderson · 03-10-2004, 11:37 AM

I've compared it with my Type I AEG. It's probably a repro but may be an eviscerated snail mounted on an 08 mag. Observations: retaining tabs on forward side of the drum should be 16, only 15 on the auction piece. Where the throat of the drum captures the tube on the forward side the two folded sides should meet to form a seam...there is a space between them on the auction piece. I don't see a side locking pin on the plunger. The axis of the plunger, in an unloaded state should rest about 1/2 inch to the left of the number 12. There should be a serial number on the forward side of the drum. Four digit serial numbers would be very rare indeed.

All these comments are based on close comparison to one AEG Type I. Perhaps a Bing snail is different but I doubt it because the inconsistencies noted above, with the exception of the plunger, hold true with a Bing early type II that I have.

03-10-2004, 11:37 AM	#7
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	I've compared it with my Type I AEG. It's probably a repro but may be an eviscerated snail mounted on an 08 mag. Observations: retaining tabs on forward side of the drum should be 16, only 15 on the auction piece. Where the throat of the drum captures the tube on the forward side the two folded sides should meet to form a seam...there is a space between them on the auction piece. I don't see a side locking pin on the plunger. The axis of the plunger, in an unloaded state should rest about 1/2 inch to the left of the number 12. There should be a serial number on the forward side of the drum. Four digit serial numbers would be very rare indeed. All these comments are based on close comparison to one AEG Type I. Perhaps a Bing snail is different but I doubt it because the inconsistencies noted above, with the exception of the plunger, hold true with a Bing early type II that I have.