Need Help identifying Magazines

bmwr12 · 08-01-2013, 09:40 PM

I just got a group of 5 mags and I have a few questions. The first 3 are wood bottom and the last 2 are aluminum and bakelite bottoms. I am trying to find out what era they would be correct for. Any help would be appreciated.Thanks

1. marked 9386 L can't find any other marks
2. marked 3316 can't find any other marks
3. marked 1 with and 939 or 999 below it, no other markings visible
4. Aluminum bottom no markings. Loading button is different than other mags
5. Looks like a Black bakelite FXO mag just with no marking and a broken base.

bmwr12 · 09-24-2013, 03:55 PM

Any ideas what type of luger would this type/year of wood bottom mag goes with? The one mag I have is marked like this one but I could not get it to show up in a picture. Thanks

SteveM · 09-24-2013, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by bmwr12

Any ideas what type of luger would this type/year of wood bottom mag goes with? The one mag I have is marked like this one but I could not get it to show up in a picture. Thanks

It would be for Police, re-issued Imperial or '29 DWM Lugers. Maybe Simson but I don't know enough about those to hazard a guess.

Arizona Slim · 09-25-2013, 05:00 PM

[QUOTE=bmwr12;237810]I just got a group of 5 mags and I have a few questions. The first 3 are wood bottom and the last 2 are aluminum and bakelite bottoms. I am trying to find out what era they would be correct for. Any help would be appreciated.Thanks

According to Kenyon's "Luger's At Random" page 396, from the Luger's inception in around 1900 Luger bottoms were made of wood and in the 1920 era they were also made of cast aluminum, by the early 1930's the wood bottom was completely eliminated and by 1940 they were made of molded plastic. Hope this helps.

Lon

bmwr12 · 09-25-2013, 11:03 PM

[QUOTE=Arizona Slim;241041]

Quote:

Originally Posted by bmwr12

I just got a group of 5 mags and I have a few questions. The first 3 are wood bottom and the last 2 are aluminum and bakelite bottoms. I am trying to find out what era they would be correct for. Any help would be appreciated.Thanks

According to Kenyon's "Luger's At Random" page 396, from the Luger's inception in around 1900 Luger bottoms were made of wood and in the 1920 era they were also made of cast aluminum, by the early 1930's the wood bottom was completely eliminated and by 1940 they were made of molded plastic. Hope this helps.

Lon

I know that. I was asking about the way the mag bottom serial number is stamped in most recent picture. It is not stamped the same way as the other wood bottom mags I have.

alanint · 09-26-2013, 07:56 AM

Your last photo is a magazine for a Weimar era Police Luger. It is the spare magazine, as witnessed by the number "2" stamped at the front of the wooden base.

Weimar Police pistols were issued with a mix of left-over WW1 and later aluminum based magazines. Yours appears to have been a WW1 unissued, as there is no evidence of it having a previous number or scrubbing marks performed to add the new police number.

08-01-2013, 09:40 PM	#1
bmwr12 User Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Need Help identifying Magazines I just got a group of 5 mags and I have a few questions. The first 3 are wood bottom and the last 2 are aluminum and bakelite bottoms. I am trying to find out what era they would be correct for. Any help would be appreciated.Thanks 1. marked 9386 L can't find any other marks 2. marked 3316 can't find any other marks 3. marked 1 with and 939 or 999 below it, no other markings visible 4. Aluminum bottom no markings. Loading button is different than other mags 5. Looks like a Black bakelite FXO mag just with no marking and a broken base.

09-24-2013, 03:55 PM	#2
bmwr12 User Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 14 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Any ideas what type of luger would this type/year of wood bottom mag goes with? The one mag I have is marked like this one but I could not get it to show up in a picture. Thanks

09-25-2013, 05:00 PM	#4
Arizona Slim Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Illinois Posts: 706 Thanks: 1,026 Thanked 409 Times in 225 Posts	[QUOTE=bmwr12;237810]I just got a group of 5 mags and I have a few questions. The first 3 are wood bottom and the last 2 are aluminum and bakelite bottoms. I am trying to find out what era they would be correct for. Any help would be appreciated.Thanks According to Kenyon's "Luger's At Random" page 396, from the Luger's inception in around 1900 Luger bottoms were made of wood and in the 1920 era they were also made of cast aluminum, by the early 1930's the wood bottom was completely eliminated and by 1940 they were made of molded plastic. Hope this helps. Lon

09-26-2013, 07:56 AM	#6
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	Your last photo is a magazine for a Weimar era Police Luger. It is the spare magazine, as witnessed by the number "2" stamped at the front of the wooden base. Weimar Police pistols were issued with a mix of left-over WW1 and later aluminum based magazines. Yours appears to have been a WW1 unissued, as there is no evidence of it having a previous number or scrubbing marks performed to add the new police number.