Has Anyone Started A Snail Drum Serial Numbers Record?

cirelaw · 03-15-2016, 06:49 PM

I will post my two if there is interest!! Eric

LU1900 · 03-16-2016, 12:52 AM

I got one with alls in pictures .,
Thinking your's where inside ...

cirelaw · 03-16-2016, 09:58 AM

Old model #400271, New model #17732~

ithacaartist · 03-16-2016, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

Old model #400271, New model #17732~

Eric, if I'm not mistaken, these serial numbers are switched around!

cirelaw · 03-16-2016, 10:36 AM

repost

cirelaw · 03-16-2016, 10:43 AM

Whats the theory that in order to be correct all the numbers should add up to one magic number??

Vlim · 03-16-2016, 11:32 AM

Fake drums made in Eastern-Europe have a serial number of which the individual numbers add up to 17.

Zorba · 03-16-2016, 11:34 AM

Snail.

cirelaw · 03-16-2016, 12:06 PM

I know, it was too late to change!

DonVoigt · 03-16-2016, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by cirelaw

I know, it was too late to change!

No, it isn't!

Just go to "edit", then "go advanced", then you can edit the subject/title!

cirelaw · 03-16-2016, 01:19 PM

My Hero~~~

cirelaw · 03-16-2016, 01:58 PM

Patrice, I opened your attachment above and its full of good stuff! The finest collection I have Seen! Merci!!! http://www.tircollection.com/t8559-l...4-et-du-mp18-1

Dick Herman · 03-17-2016, 02:16 PM

My guess is that the trommel magazines were serial numbered in sequence of manufacture. I am always amazed how many of these magazines are numbered in the mid 700,000 range. One of my Bing Brothers trommel magazines is 745537. If there were close to 3/4 of a million made, why are these magazines so "rare."

Eric,
Your last posted picture showed the MP18 with the snail drum magazines. I did not recognize what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. Perhaps these weapons and magazines were used up in the post WWI period.

That's my 2 cents.

cirelaw · 03-17-2016, 02:27 PM

Dick judging from this article they were available in many forms~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_magazine

cirelaw · 03-17-2016, 02:36 PM

Interesting Article~https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war...-magazine.html

DonVoigt · 03-17-2016, 02:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dick Herman

My guess is that the trommel magazines were serial numbered in sequence of manufacture. I am always amazed how many of these magazines are numbered in the mid 700,000 range. One of my Bing Brothers trommel magazines is 745537. If there were close to 3/4 of a million made, why are these magazines so "rare."

Eric,
Your last posted picture showed the MP18 with the snail drum magazines. I did not recognize what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. Perhaps these weapons and magazines were used up in the post WWI period.

That's my 2 cents.

Probably because they became pots and pans in the 1920's Germany.

Dick Herman · 03-17-2016, 09:15 PM

Would have been small pots with a hole in the center.

cirelaw · 03-17-2016, 09:33 PM

History has repeated 'In time of war anything is possible' Eric, Esq.

Dick Herman · 03-17-2016, 10:11 PM

I believe that the canned beverages are peach nectar, in Spanish. Perhaps the army officers are Spanish military prior to their civil war.

DonVoigt · 03-17-2016, 10:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dick Herman

Would have been small pots with a hole in the center.

I should have said- after melting for raw material for pots and pans.

03-16-2016, 12:52 AM	#2
LU1900 User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: FRANCE Posts: 908 Thanks: 42 Thanked 469 Times in 197 Posts	I got one with alls in pictures ., Thinking your's where inside ... __________________ Best regards from France...Patrice https://www.fichier-pdf.fr/2016/03/1...nd-snail-drum/

03-16-2016, 09:58 AM	#3
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	A start~ Old model #400271, New model #17732~ Attached Thumbnails

03-16-2016, 10:36 AM	#5
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Thank You Dave repost Attached Thumbnails

03-16-2016, 01:58 PM	#12
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Patrice, I opened your attachment above and its full of good stuff! The finest collection I have Seen! Merci!!! http://www.tircollection.com/t8559-l...4-et-du-mp18-1 Attached Thumbnails

03-17-2016, 02:27 PM	#14
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Dick judging from this article they were available in many forms~https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum_magazine Attached Thumbnails

03-15-2016, 06:49 PM	#1
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Has Anyone Started A Snail Drum Serial Numbers Record? I will post my two if there is interest!! Eric

03-16-2016, 10:43 AM	#6
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Whats the theory that in order to be correct all the numbers should add up to one magic number??

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Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,989 Times in 1,205 Posts	Fake drums made in Eastern-Europe have a serial number of which the individual numbers add up to 17.

03-16-2016, 11:34 AM	#8
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 952 Thanks: 777 Thanked 527 Times in 290 Posts	Snail.

03-16-2016, 12:06 PM	#9
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	I know, it was too late to change!

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	My Hero~~~

03-17-2016, 02:16 PM	#13
Dick Herman User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 302 Thanks: 496 Thanked 354 Times in 138 Posts	My guess is that the trommel magazines were serial numbered in sequence of manufacture. I am always amazed how many of these magazines are numbered in the mid 700,000 range. One of my Bing Brothers trommel magazines is 745537. If there were close to 3/4 of a million made, why are these magazines so "rare." Eric, Your last posted picture showed the MP18 with the snail drum magazines. I did not recognize what uniforms the soldiers are wearing. Perhaps these weapons and magazines were used up in the post WWI period. That's my 2 cents.

03-17-2016, 02:36 PM	#15
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Interesting Article~https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war...-magazine.html Attached Thumbnails

03-17-2016, 09:15 PM	#17
Dick Herman User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 302 Thanks: 496 Thanked 354 Times in 138 Posts	Would have been small pots with a hole in the center.

03-17-2016, 09:33 PM	#18
cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	History has repeated 'In time of war anything is possible' Eric, Esq.

03-17-2016, 10:11 PM	#19
Dick Herman User Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 302 Thanks: 496 Thanked 354 Times in 138 Posts	I believe that the canned beverages are peach nectar, in Spanish. Perhaps the army officers are Spanish military prior to their civil war.

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