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Unread 12-07-2012, 10:18 AM   #12
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Originally Posted by ithacaartist View Post
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Are any of my observations relevant?

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I am sure they are, however, I admit, freely that I am not a 'exact' guy, it is a reason that Dwight and i wrote the book together, I am very good at gathering info, putting it together and Dwight is excellent at research and being very exact.

Obvious things on these mags:

1. The bases are (on original east german made) are darker aluminum, and likely more of a pot metal than the WW2 bases - Note that these have WW2 bases put on them....

2. The body style is excellent and was made on original tooling, I believe although some don't that Schmeisser themselves made these - if nothing else, then it was made on their tooling or expertise.

3. ALL of these magazines have the DDR marking of 2/1001 - instead of showing FXO, they used a code of 2/1001 - as soon as you see this, KNOW that the mag is east german, and with it, it is a great mag, great shooter and almost knew compared to WW1 and WW2 mags
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