luger clip

Gary_3 · 04-05-2002, 03:20 AM

I have in my possession a stainless steel (or nickel or chrome?) Luger clip. The piece you push down to load the clip is knurled. It has, at the butt end, serial #3818. Below the 1st 8, and the 1, is a cursive L. Below the L is a +(meaning spare mag?), and below that is a crown. Can anyone get me pointed in the right direction to research this clip? It is all metal. The spring is very strong.

Gary

04-06-2002, 05:32 PM

Dear Gary - the word that you are desperately searching for, I just know, is MAGAZINE. Not CLIP - say MAGAZINE. The Garand has a clip, the Mauser and the Lee-Enfied and many other military rifles load from a clip, but the Luger has a magazine. Thought you should know. OK?

TF

04-06-2002, 06:02 PM

Hello Gary, I can't help you, except to tell you that yes the + means spare magazine and if older it is nickled, not stainless. I am unsure about the crown.

I guess Terry didn't have any idea either?

Not to start anything, but I call them magazines, but I'm not sure why this is such an issue. If a rifle has a clip, then wouldn't a new person to the forum, asking a question and requesting help, not know that this was such an issue to Luger people and simply be asking for help?

Ed

04-06-2002, 06:24 PM

There is alot of controversy as to Magazine vs. Clip, I call them Magazines My uncle calls them Clips, But he knows what I'm talking about and I know what he's talking about.

I really don't see why it's such a BIG issue. I can see correcting people but in a suttle way. (Not trying to hurt anyone's feelings just my opinion)..........Brandon

Big Norm · 04-07-2002, 06:42 AM

Nah, a newbie should learn from the start to name Luger parts correctly. I started early in my collecting calling the "Locking Bolt" a "Barrel Lock". I have been corrected many times but I am having a hard time breaking a bad habit that was established early.

I won't tell you what my army drill instructor did and said to me when I called my rifle a gun. I survived. But I had the cleanest hands from KP in my company while in basic training. Gary will survive too. Its nothing personal.

Big Norm

BILL · 04-07-2002, 04:55 PM

ahhh..let's take the mystery out of it..it's so much easier to type mag (only three letters)! BTW, someone here called their grip screws 'nuts' and it nearly drove me nuts!

'Take me to your Luger!'

04-05-2002, 03:20 AM	#1
Gary_3 User Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 5 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	luger clip I have in my possession a stainless steel (or nickel or chrome?) Luger clip. The piece you push down to load the clip is knurled. It has, at the butt end, serial #3818. Below the 1st 8, and the 1, is a cursive L. Below the L is a +(meaning spare mag?), and below that is a crown. Can anyone get me pointed in the right direction to research this clip? It is all metal. The spring is very strong. Gary

04-06-2002, 05:32 PM	#2
Terry A de C Foley Guest Posts: n/a	Re: luger clip Dear Gary - the word that you are desperately searching for, I just know, is MAGAZINE. Not CLIP - say MAGAZINE. The Garand has a clip, the Mauser and the Lee-Enfied and many other military rifles load from a clip, but the Luger has a magazine. Thought you should know. OK? TF

04-06-2002, 06:24 PM	#4
Brandon Metcalf Guest Posts: n/a	Magazine vs. Clip There is alot of controversy as to Magazine vs. Clip, I call them Magazines My uncle calls them Clips, But he knows what I'm talking about and I know what he's talking about. I really don't see why it's such a BIG issue. I can see correcting people but in a suttle way. (Not trying to hurt anyone's feelings just my opinion)..........Brandon

04-07-2002, 06:42 AM	#5
Big Norm RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: SE Michigan Posts: 1,864 Thanks: 1 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Re: Magazine vs. Clip Nah, a newbie should learn from the start to name Luger parts correctly. I started early in my collecting calling the "Locking Bolt" a "Barrel Lock". I have been corrected many times but I am having a hard time breaking a bad habit that was established early. I won't tell you what my army drill instructor did and said to me when I called my rifle a gun. I survived. But I had the cleanest hands from KP in my company while in basic training. Gary will survive too. Its nothing personal. Big Norm

04-07-2002, 04:55 PM	#6
BILL User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Western Washington Posts: 826 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Magazine vs. Clip ahhh..let's take the mystery out of it..it's so much easier to type mag (only three letters)! BTW, someone here called their grip screws 'nuts' and it nearly drove me nuts! 'Take me to your Luger!'

04-06-2002, 06:02 PM	#3
66mustang Guest Posts: n/a	Re: luger clip Hello Gary, I can't help you, except to tell you that yes the + means spare magazine and if older it is nickled, not stainless. I am unsure about the crown. I guess Terry didn't have any idea either? Not to start anything, but I call them magazines, but I'm not sure why this is such an issue. If a rifle has a clip, then wouldn't a new person to the forum, asking a question and requesting help, not know that this was such an issue to Luger people and simply be asking for help? Ed