Rare Finnish MP Suomi magazines

[kradman]

Just wanted to show these Rare MP Suomi Magazines before i sell them off , There is a Civil Guard marked one /Pre war M26 drum magazine and wooden training rattle magazine

[Verikauha]

Magazine rattle is curious thing. Not enough money for dummy ammo, lets use rattle!
LS-26 light machine gun didn't have magazine rattle, so the loader used normal Rattle with it.

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First version of succesful future drum magazine, albeit not this one.
It holds 40 rounds, has same "clock spring" mechanism as 70 round magazine. But it had big flaw. Loader must put all 40 rounds of 9mm Para ammo inside on top of their round nose.

Obviously it was failure desing. And users hated it, when the round nose ammo often fell sideway in the drum. Or almost full magazine ammo fell sideways, and had to re-start whole proces.
It had myth that they were "sissi" = querilla magazines, and were supposed to be used one time and then throw them away.
It tells opinnion of this magazine.


In better 70 round magazine, main difference was that it was bigger capacity, and best thing. They changed lid to other side, load ammo flat side to bottom!!