WW1 Imperial German Luger Snail Drum Leather Carry Case

Pistole+Parabellum · 02-16-2014, 10:59 PM

Did the buyer get ripped off? or does this really exist?

Pistole+Parabellum · 02-16-2014, 11:01 PM

$760 http://www.ebay.com/itm/World-War-1-...vip=true&rt=nc

Norme · 02-16-2014, 11:09 PM

Hi Cody, It's a fantasy item. For your information snail drum magazines were not introduced until 1917.
Regards, Norm

lugerholsterrepair · 02-16-2014, 11:24 PM

AHH...what's 750 bucks more or less? Guy should have bought a Luger library.

318is_Parabellum · 02-16-2014, 11:41 PM

Nice looking repro item, looks like it would go well with one of those Numrich repro snail drums I've heard of recently.

The giveaway for me was the stiching, a little too irregular, and it's stained dark where the leather's dark. Looks a lot like my repro C-96 stock leather I got from Northridge a year of so ago, and it, too had the 'stained stitching' that this one seems to have...

The caveat being I'm no leather expert, just my observations. Didn't know about the anachronistic date stamp issue, myself.

ithacaartist · 02-17-2014, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by 318is_Parabellum

...the anachronistic date stamp issue...

Along with the issue that leather drum holders were never made or issued--only the canvas examples stand a chance of being real.

NoncomRetired · 02-17-2014, 01:22 PM

I guess "for what it's worth" wasn't much.

Kitkat041836 · 02-17-2014, 07:41 PM

I would think that if they were real when they got wet from the weather while carring them they would shrink and if you needed them in a hurry you would not be able to get them out of the holster!
Just my 2cents.Thanks,George

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02-17-2014, 07:41 PM	#8
Kitkat041836 RIP Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 195 Thanks: 0 Thanked 21 Times in 18 Posts	Leather Snail Drum Holster I would think that if they were real when they got wet from the weather while carring them they would shrink and if you needed them in a hurry you would not be able to get them out of the holster! Just my 2cents.Thanks,George

02-16-2014, 11:09 PM	#3
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,603 Times in 933 Posts	Hi Cody, It's a fantasy item. For your information snail drum magazines were not introduced until 1917. Regards, Norm

02-16-2014, 11:41 PM	#5
318is_Parabellum User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: West Virginia Posts: 130 Thanks: 80 Thanked 75 Times in 31 Posts	Nice looking repro item, looks like it would go well with one of those Numrich repro snail drums I've heard of recently. The giveaway for me was the stiching, a little too irregular, and it's stained dark where the leather's dark. Looks a lot like my repro C-96 stock leather I got from Northridge a year of so ago, and it, too had the 'stained stitching' that this one seems to have... The caveat being I'm no leather expert, just my observations. Didn't know about the anachronistic date stamp issue, myself.

02-17-2014, 01:22 PM	#7
NoncomRetired Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 719 Thanks: 144 Thanked 306 Times in 146 Posts	I guess "for what it's worth" wasn't much.