Why non matching magazines?

suum cuique · 09-18-2009, 05:11 PM

Why is it, that so many WW2 military lugers have a non matching magazine?
Were the magazines separated from the handgun after the capitulation?
Even bring backs have mostly a non matching magazine.

cma22inc · 09-18-2009, 05:35 PM

You see this same thing with most of the Kar98 rifles as well.

When the rifles were being surrended the bolt went in one pile and the rifle another.

They made no attempt to match them back up. The battle field pickups on the other hand remained all matching.

The russian capture guns were striped down to parts and refurbised and then reassembled with no regard to matching up the numbers.

I would think with lugers there are many other factors that would cause a mag mismatch as well.

suum cuique · 09-18-2009, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by cma22inc

You see this same thing with most of the Kar98 rifles as well.

When the rifles were being surrended the bolt went in one pile and the rifle another.

They made no attempt to match them back up. The battle field pickups on the other hand remained all matching.

The russian capture guns were striped down to parts and refurbised and then reassembled with no regard to matching up the numbers.

I would think with lugers there are many other factors that would cause a mag mismatch as well.

Matt,
yes, this makes sense.

SleazyRider · 09-19-2009, 08:17 AM

Too bad, considering this modern age of Internet communications, there isn't a clearing house of sorts where folks can list their part numbers to swap 'em back.

Vlim · 09-19-2009, 09:08 AM

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Too bad, considering this modern age of Internet communications, there isn't a clearing house of sorts where folks can list their part numbers to swap 'em back.

Incorrect. There have been lists and efforts to mate magazines and guns for many, many years, even predating the internet. Do a search on this forum and you will find some

SleazyRider · 09-19-2009, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Vlim

Incorrect. There have been lists and efforts to mate magazines and guns for many, many years, even predating the internet. Do a search on this forum and you will find some

Very cool! I stand corrected. What a remarkable set of circumstances it seems it would take to reunite original gun with original magazine or bolt!

bobcam1 · 09-28-2009, 05:42 PM

I actually FOUND the matching magazine to my Mauser, on Don Hallock's master list, but the owner had passed away, and Don doesn't want collectors bothering the remaining members of the family, so the owner contact information was removed from his database.....So close, yet SO far....

John Sabato · 09-29-2009, 01:58 PM

We have also observed on this forum the reuniting of a WW1 shoulder stock with the original Artillery Luger... a miracle of the world wide reach of this forum.

cma22inc · 09-29-2009, 02:28 PM

Let's not forget about that sideplate that was reunited. That was a one in a million shot too.

09-18-2009, 05:11 PM	#1
suum cuique User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: MD / Currently about 9000 klicks east of the Potomac Posts: 497 Thanks: 100 Thanked 47 Times in 35 Posts	Why non matching magazines? Why is it, that so many WW2 military lugers have a non matching magazine? Were the magazines separated from the handgun after the capitulation? Even bring backs have mostly a non matching magazine. __________________ Regards, Andy There's No Place Like Home (Wizard Of Oz)

09-18-2009, 05:35 PM	#2
cma22inc User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa Bay FL Posts: 93 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	You see this same thing with most of the Kar98 rifles as well. When the rifles were being surrended the bolt went in one pile and the rifle another. They made no attempt to match them back up. The battle field pickups on the other hand remained all matching. The russian capture guns were striped down to parts and refurbised and then reassembled with no regard to matching up the numbers. I would think with lugers there are many other factors that would cause a mag mismatch as well. __________________ Matt A. Tampa, FL (C&R) Collector

09-29-2009, 01:58 PM	#8
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,154 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,306 Times in 1,097 Posts	We have also observed on this forum the reuniting of a WW1 shoulder stock with the original Artillery Luger... a miracle of the world wide reach of this forum. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

09-29-2009, 02:28 PM	#9
cma22inc User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Tampa Bay FL Posts: 93 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Let's not forget about that sideplate that was reunited. That was a one in a million shot too. __________________ Matt A. Tampa, FL (C&R) Collector

09-19-2009, 08:17 AM	#4
SleazyRider User Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 20 Thanks: 25 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Too bad, considering this modern age of Internet communications, there isn't a clearing house of sorts where folks can list their part numbers to swap 'em back.

09-28-2009, 05:42 PM	#7
bobcam1 User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 92 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	I actually FOUND the matching magazine to my Mauser, on Don Hallock's master list, but the owner had passed away, and Don doesn't want collectors bothering the remaining members of the family, so the owner contact information was removed from his database.....So close, yet SO far....