Identification of magazine

alanint · 10-11-2009, 06:47 AM

Scroll up to the last photo of the magazine posted. See that little dent about one quarter inch from the top or feeding end of the magazine? This indent is meant to stop the magazine follower at a certtain point from the top. This production step was accomplished by pressing in a straight line by Erfurt and by a "D" shaped punch at DWM. If no other markings are available on a magazine, especially the magazine body, this pressing will identify one manufacturer from another

A.Mifsin · 10-11-2009, 02:57 PM

Thank You alanint, but is it a hard fast rule or other markings on the magazine can over ride this ?
Alf.

alanint · 10-12-2009, 01:40 PM

The magazine experts would have to chime in. I have been told that it is a hard and fast rule. If the mag body has one type of pressing and the other parts are from another manufacturer, then the magazine is a put-together.

10-11-2009, 02:57 PM	#2
A.Mifsin User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Malta Posts: 570 Thanks: 74 Thanked 13 Times in 13 Posts	Thank You alanint, but is it a hard fast rule or other markings on the magazine can over ride this ? Alf. __________________ I prefer a Luger

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10-11-2009, 06:47 AM	#1
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Scroll up to the last photo of the magazine posted. See that little dent about one quarter inch from the top or feeding end of the magazine? This indent is meant to stop the magazine follower at a certtain point from the top. This production step was accomplished by pressing in a straight line by Erfurt and by a "D" shaped punch at DWM. If no other markings are available on a magazine, especially the magazine body, this pressing will identify one manufacturer from another

10-12-2009, 01:40 PM	#3
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	The magazine experts would have to chime in. I have been told that it is a hard and fast rule. If the mag body has one type of pressing and the other parts are from another manufacturer, then the magazine is a put-together.