The Bakelite magazines are hot when they come from the mold, but they are still too brittle to take a stamp "hit" at this stage. the Pheonolic material is very hard and has a surface polish comensurate to the polish in the mold. I agree with John that the number had to have been applied with heat rather than striking the base.
My Ku Luger does not have a number magazines, can someone provide some slose-up photos of the marked base and we can "maybe" determine if they are stamped or the number was applied by heat. It should be obvious after looking at a few photos. Just a thought.
Marvin
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