[HerbZ]

I don't know of any test for Bakelite but the scratch test. A scratch with a needle or pin is supposed to reveal a brownish color. As the photo of the inside of the magazine bottom may reveal, it's a bit out of focus, I tried the scratch test. As a septuagenarian in trifocals who hasn't done any kind of testing for Bakelite before, even at 10x magnification, I'm not sure. I was hoping the raised mark molded into it might be recognized by someone here on the Luger Forum.

Otherwise, I want to say here that at no time did I wish to cast aspersions upon Legacy Collectables. My original posting was an attempt to present my inquiry as neutrally as possible. I'm confident that I purchased exactly what was advertised on their website. I hope we have established here that the suspect magazine is the original.

The question that remains is if this suspect magazine bottom is a postwar replacement of something other than Bakelite.

(Can a real Bakelite replacement button be obtained?)