it is actually full 14"....

I think then it was made after 1966. Olympics by then were fitted with a fairly tall outcurving profiled hoop that resemble a Rogers hoop somewhat.

I really don´t hink this is the way Premier worked. China today, yes, Premier in the sixties - no.

If it is non-magnetic it is either an aluminium alloy or brass. Easy to tell - brass is heavy, alu very light. If you scratch on an edge in an invisible place, you should be able to see the colour of the material under the chrome - if it is yellow, it is brass.

But my bid would be that it is magnetic - and made in steel like all the 1005´s I have ever seen.

Regards

Jon

well.. then it must be aluminium, the shell is def. non magnetic, but rims and lugs are...

It seems you then have a 1005 made up with the kind of shell that normally would have been used to make a 2000. I have never seen one before, but it must be really nice. I like alu snares!

I doubt very much the lugs are magnetic, though. But if they are still mounted, the attaching screws, the inserts and the rods inside are, and that is what you feel.

Lugs are made from zinc-alloy, non-magnetic.

Regards

Jon