Found two luger magazines in my shed! I'd love some help identifying them. - Page 2

Ziconceo · 03-03-2016, 04:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

NOW THAT EVERYONE IS DONE MOANING AND GROANING OVER LITTLE THINGS

I am not sure I like the bases. would love 3 or 4 pictures of each; that said, I would not kick them out of my house

I think on best pictures, low of $125 each - max of $150 each (both being bought) - the eagle L (nazi) marking is worth the most - however, it appears the bases were sanded at one time (perhaps cleaned up years ago) - thus better pictures from a few angles.

$300 combined is not unreasonable - I mostly got away from collecting all things police, but 2 mags the same, from slightly two eras (one early Weimar, one Nazi era)

Ed

I don't see any signs of sanding, I'll have to bust out my dslr and take some better pics of the bases

Edward Tinker · 03-03-2016, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Ziconceo

I don't see any signs of sanding, I'll have to bust out my dslr and take some better pics of the bases

outstanding - the copper colored one (actually varnish that has aged) is the one that looked odd - but could just be the angle, lighting or my eyes

G.T. · 03-09-2016, 05:51 PM

Hi to Ed & all! I'm the current owner even if only for awhile! And, the mags are in really nice condition, even if a little crusty from the decades of setting around? They appear to have not been used or if so, in a very forgiving Luger?... The serial numbers look different in hand than in the pics? I think they are probably correct for the period of the police proofed shell?.... Not sure what that is?... I just like them....

.... as it's fun to study all the different examples that come floating by!.... I paid $300.00 for both, and I think that was fair to us both as well.. I'm happy with them as it's hard to find nice mags for under $150.00 anyway.... Or so it seems to me anyway... Best to all, til...lat'r....GT.....

DonVoigt · 03-09-2016, 06:29 PM

GT,
thanks for the report!

lugerholsterrepair · 03-09-2016, 07:09 PM

the copper colored one (actually varnish that has aged) No...varnish aka shellack would have peeled off ages ago and been damaged by insertion. The color you see on these early mags is patina from the nickel coating.

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G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,507 Thanks: 1,318 Thanked 3,653 Times in 1,004 Posts	mags in hand Hi to Ed & all! I'm the current owner even if only for awhile! And, the mags are in really nice condition, even if a little crusty from the decades of setting around? They appear to have not been used or if so, in a very forgiving Luger?... The serial numbers look different in hand than in the pics? I think they are probably correct for the period of the police proofed shell?.... Not sure what that is?... I just like them........ as it's fun to study all the different examples that come floating by!.... I paid $300.00 for both, and I think that was fair to us both as well.. I'm happy with them as it's hard to find nice mags for under $150.00 anyway.... Or so it seems to me anyway... Best to all, til...lat'r....GT.....

03-09-2016, 06:29 PM	#24
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,441 Thanked 4,350 Times in 2,040 Posts	GT, thanks for the report! __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

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lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,772 Thanks: 4,940 Thanked 3,124 Times in 1,434 Posts	the copper colored one (actually varnish that has aged) No...varnish aka shellack would have peeled off ages ago and been damaged by insertion. The color you see on these early mags is patina from the nickel coating. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 l[email protected] 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."