LugerForum Discussion Forums - View Single Post - Transition from wood base to aluminum base mags?

sheepherder · 12-21-2011, 06:33 PM

Norme, I find it odd that the German weapons industry would still be making Luger bottoms out of aluminum late in the war [comparatively late], when raw materials were scarce...Why didn't they go back to wood and leave the aluminum to the aircraft industry???

12-21-2011, 06:33 PM	#7
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	Norme, I find it odd that the German weapons industry would still be making Luger bottoms out of aluminum late in the war [comparatively late], when raw materials were scarce...Why didn't they go back to wood and leave the aluminum to the aircraft industry??? __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...