Reproduction Snail Drum - progress

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Originally Posted by G.T.

BTW, in looking over the pictures again, the problem may be the mag release button?... Remove it from the frame, and see if the mag fits unimpeded.... It looks like that, more so than frame issues?..... Also, there is considerable variance in the P.08 mag catch parts as well.... just a thought....GT....

GT,

That was one of the things I did remove the mag release.... Made no difference ended up doing a combination of things

1) miked Luger mag and snail drum nose to have a base line as to clearance
2) squeezed drum nose as suggested this also widened it slightly front to rear so it began binding in new areas
3) smoked mag to see where it was binding
4) stoned polished top area of mag well
5) sanded polished round part of the mag nose
6) sanded polished back corners of top of mag
7) noted some small bit of galling on roll crimp rib at top edge light filing/polishing also polished slot in mag well

What this accomplished was allowing mag to seat and lock up with mag release function tested with 4 dummy rounds worked fine, mag is tight but with firm grip pulls out don't need a mallet to remove it 🙂 ..... I may do a little more polishing after a little range time .... One area that had some high spots/dimples was in the relieved rounded inside part of the mag well these were caused when the front strap was stamped with unit markings these dimples actually had rubmarks from magazines.... So I took these down with a half round needle file will add some photo's when I get time at the computer

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