Were nickel mags standard?
 

Hi All,
I looked thru the books I have ,and did not see any mention of what was standard issue.

I just bought a nice 1917 DWM and it came with one matching mag.(nickel)
I bought a blue steel/wood bottom one as the nickel ones they had were damaged & in bad shape.

Would it be correct for my pistol?
I want to make a fine adjust sight tool. can anyone post a picture and all dimensions if you have achance.
Thanks,
broom- the man with 1000? on Lugers

broom, from Jan Stills Imperial Lugers;

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Nickle or tin plated sheet metal construction with a crimped joint and a wood base, cpacity 8 rounds. Marked with a serial number on its base. Early DWM had a brushed finish case (unsure what that means) gradually replaced by a semi-polished (shinier no brush lines) finish case starting in 1912...
Early Erfurt had a brushed finish until 1913, when a nickle alloy plating with a slight golden tone was introduced. ...</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">

Thanks Edward
What do you use to whiten the proofmarks?
I have used chalk but it does not last, & I think it will scratch the pistol.

Thanks for you help,
broom

You can do a search on this subject, but here is some basic info;

The best thing to use is something that is NOT abrasive, you can use a "white" stick, you can get one from Brownells, I bought a white one, gold and a silver one.

Some people use white out, or a white grease pencil.

Ed