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Yakman · 11-21-2023, 02:07 AM

Woody, You probably already know this, but the pistol is marked GERMANY because of US import laws requiring all foreign produced items, not just guns, imported into the US be marked with the country of origin. The magazine in the gun at time of import and maybe a spare in the box with the gun are not marked as they are component parts of the pistol. The original mags with these commercial Lugers were unmarked wooden bottoms. Magazines imported separately by, say, Stoeger as spare individual mags would in themselves have to be GERMANY marked. Hence, your GERMANY marked mag would have probably been added to your Luger by an owner at a later date. Not unusual to see this. The marked mags do not add or detract from the pistol.

The grips on commercial Lugers such as yours are not normally numbered.

Jack

11-21-2023, 02:07 AM	#5
Yakman User Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Indiana Posts: 119 Thanks: 881 Thanked 81 Times in 40 Posts	Woody, You probably already know this, but the pistol is marked GERMANY because of US import laws requiring all foreign produced items, not just guns, imported into the US be marked with the country of origin. The magazine in the gun at time of import and maybe a spare in the box with the gun are not marked as they are component parts of the pistol. The original mags with these commercial Lugers were unmarked wooden bottoms. Magazines imported separately by, say, Stoeger as spare individual mags would in themselves have to be GERMANY marked. Hence, your GERMANY marked mag would have probably been added to your Luger by an owner at a later date. Not unusual to see this. The marked mags do not add or detract from the pistol. The grips on commercial Lugers such as yours are not normally numbered. Jack Last edited by Yakman; 11-21-2023 at 06:19 PM.