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Originally Posted by lugerholsterrepair
Doubt it all you like. It's true. AND it works. The disk is highly polished and reflective unlike mag bodies. The Swiss and Dutch were highly innovative and requested many changes to German design. But lets say it's NOT to help find dropped magazines in low light..then what conceivable reason is it for? Remember the Swiss constantly tried to simplify and improve..putting these discs in mag bottoms is not simpler.
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I believe that this response has been "thought through" Jerry. Please lighten up a little. Opinions are like elbows... and everybody has some.
I think the "original" design which had two concave surfaces was intended to fit the convex surfaces of the thumb and finger tips. Nothing more and nothing less. The protruding "knobs" at the bottom of the magazine were a departure from any gun magazine designs of the period, I am sure they had a decorative or aesthetic purpose as well, and that would be to complement the unusual, graceful, and completely unique mechanical engineering design of the toggle top semi-automatic pistol we all know and love.
As far as the metal disk that was added by the Swiss? I also admire Swiss precision and believe it to be functional, but not to make a dropped magazine easier to find in the dark.
How many Luger magazines have you come across in your collecting that had been dropped and had large chips of wood missing including the edge of the knob? I think the Swiss knob with only a raised edge and flat bottom is a stronger design that might be stronger and more resistant to chipping the entire bottom if dropped. I also believe that the gluing of that metal disk onto the flat recess, not only looks good but provides reinforcement to the mag bottom, making a dropped magazine more likely to chip only the edge of the knob.
I also remember that this knob design was a continuation and evolution of the type of magazine bottom that was originally used on the Luger's predecessor... the Borchardt, Only smaller and more appropriate for the Pistole Parabellum re-design.
BTW, I have never considered any time you have spent here, or any contributions you have made to the Luger collecting community to be a waste of time, and doubt anyone else has either...
Just my $0.02, but not everyone bothers with pennies these days.
