Matching Magazines

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Dwight, Most EG reworked lugers were put away with 2 magazines that the EGs had renumbered to the pistol with a larger die set than the original and usually without a suffix letter. These mags are fairly easy to spot, as most are of new EG manufacture Schmeisser type and either unmarked or marked 2/1001 on the side, although any type of original mag may be found, with a renumbered bottom. I suspose some day, these will be valued similar to the Weimar Police reworks, with renumbered mags. I've never seen a rightous M1900 with a "matching" mag, since these were issued with plain unmarked wood bottoms, including the US test pistols. Re Jan's comments about phony mag renumbering: most that I've seen have been crudely done using the wrong die sets. Those that look fairly close, have the numbers and/or suffix letter engraved rather than stamped, so it's a good idea to check these closely with high powered magnification. Tom H.