I helped a friend with a kit this week and he gave me this snare. It came to me with most lugs busted. Most of the lugs are what i think are MIJ Slingerland copies and one is a pearl battleship lug. It was recovered with blue macktack with no sign of the original wrap. I took one look & thought it was MIJ, but then when I got home and removed the hardware I found this shell underneath that is not made of lauan & looks like maple or birch with the grain running horizontally. I quickly realized that the lug screws are all different so probably not original. I started digging around the net and I think this could be 3 ply Slingerland from the 70's.

While writing this I realized that I should try screwing US and MIJ rods into the lug inserts and it turns out that the US threaded ones work. So are these Slingerland lugs?

The hole pattern for the strainer, extended butt-end, "stick-killer rims" (not pictured) and blue ink where a stamp would have been all seem to add up to Slingerland. So any thoughts are welcome!

Once I know what I have I think I'll grab some parts and make a player snare from this one.