Used Luger magazine

Bennyhill · 12-05-2019, 10:32 PM

Pick up new magazine today. Think it’s a Mauser but can’t figure out what year

Edward Tinker · 12-05-2019, 11:43 PM

eagle 63 is Mauser for sure - why does the 63 have a ghost image under it?

DonVoigt · 12-06-2019, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

eagle 63 is Mauser for sure - why does the 63 have a ghost image under it?

Stamp "bounced". JMHO.

Edward Tinker · 12-06-2019, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by DonVoigt

Stamp "bounced". JMHO.

that is the obvious thought - but I have never seen one like this

Eugen · 12-07-2019, 01:49 PM

Yep, looks like a "double dribble foul" to me as well.

RockinWR · 12-06-2019, 01:30 AM

* 1937.
* Only year Mauser used the "nv" die to indicate the "w" block of pistols/mags.
* Hope this helps.

Bennyhill · 12-09-2019, 07:46 PM

Thanks for info. What does the W stand for. Serial number matches my dads bring back but his has letter e. Is it possible to have same serial number on different year guns?

guns3545 · 12-10-2019, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Bennyhill

Thanks for info. What does the W stand for. Serial number matches my dads bring back but his has letter e. Is it possible to have same serial number on different year guns?

Felice,

The "w" is part of the serial number. Mauser produced P.08s in blocks of 10,000. In 1934, they started with 1-10,000 with no suffix, and then went to suffix a, b, c, etc. to z and then started all over again.

Thus the serial number of your P.08 is really the number on the front of the frame PLUS the "e" suffix below it.

With respect to your precise question, the answer is yes. If you think about it, once Mauser had been through the alphabet once, they repeated the sequence. Thus a later year date, as indicated on the top of the chamber could have, and did have, the same serial number of a previously made P.08. I guess this did not make such a difference in the age of pen and paper but in today's computer age, the true, distinct serial number of a gun that is truly unique would be: The number on the front of the frame plus suffix plus the number (year) on the top of the chamber.

Now, try to explain that to a government official.

Hope this helps.

John

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RockinWR User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: D/FW, Tx Posts: 279 Thanks: 109 Thanked 31 Times in 16 Posts	* 1937. * Only year Mauser used the "nv" die to indicate the "w" block of pistols/mags. * Hope this helps.

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Bennyhill New User Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for info. What does the W stand for. Serial number matches my dads bring back but his has letter e. Is it possible to have same serial number on different year guns?