Snail magazine surprise

SIGP2101 · 03-01-2011, 03:01 PM

There is always something new to learn. I always thought it was made only for arty Lugers.

George Anderson · 03-01-2011, 03:36 PM

It was made for the LP08; the MP18 was partly designed around the mag to use the TM08.

Ron Wood · 03-01-2011, 05:07 PM

It requires an adaptor for the MP18. It is just a simple sheet metal tube, kind of like an open ended dust cover.

alanint · 03-01-2011, 07:06 PM

Although Hugo Schmeisser, part of Theodor Bergmann's original design team, came up with a 20 round box magazine for the gun, the German arms commission insisted on the use of the Trommel magazine, since they were in the inventory and relatively plentiful.

I think the changeover to the 20 round box magazine occured during the Weimar era and guns so modified usually have the 1920 double stamp on them.
The sleeve was designed for preventing the Trommel magazine from going too far into the action of the MP18. Why they did not simply design the gun to take the magazine without the sleeve is a mystery.

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Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,010 Thanks: 1,088 Thanked 5,149 Times in 1,694 Posts	It requires an adaptor for the MP18. It is just a simple sheet metal tube, kind of like an open ended dust cover. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

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George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,528 Times in 787 Posts	It was made for the LP08; the MP18 was partly designed around the mag to use the TM08.

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alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	Although Hugo Schmeisser, part of Theodor Bergmann's original design team, came up with a 20 round box magazine for the gun, the German arms commission insisted on the use of the Trommel magazine, since they were in the inventory and relatively plentiful. I think the changeover to the 20 round box magazine occured during the Weimar era and guns so modified usually have the 1920 double stamp on them. The sleeve was designed for preventing the Trommel magazine from going too far into the action of the MP18. Why they did not simply design the gun to take the magazine without the sleeve is a mystery.