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MauserLugers · 11-23-2002, 11:08 PM

Hi All,
I have no reference to quote to verify my opinion. As I stated before, it is a fact that the blue rolled magazine tubes did not exist until mid 1936. The wood bases ended as far as I know on the Obendorf Mauser Lugers of 1934. I think some later Dutch Lugers might of had wooden bases but I'm not familar with them.

No one mentioned what Lugers these are being issued with, but if "Lugercollector" has a 1918 DWM military Luger with a blue tube, then it has been messed with and the tube changed from a nickel to a blue at some time, as it was not issued that way originally in 1918 as it is not possible.

The ONLY Lugers that these blue tubed wooden bases have a remote possiblitly of being correct on in my opinion would be police reworked Lugers, and then only a slight chance. The fact that 1936 is the earlist possible date for the blued tubes means that these would have been reworked for a police Luger after that time, which all the Mauser Police contracts at this time have the H.S. police magazines. So, any blue tube with a wood base would have to be a rework or repair after mid 1936. Official orders at this time would not allow a blued tube with a wooden base on a Mauser military Luger.

I have over 50 Weimar complete rigs and I've only had one police Luger that had a blued tube with a wood base and that was a so called sneak with a blank toggle and in the "T" block. It has two matching magazines with both bases wood and one tube nickel and tube blue with "1" and "2" on them.

I just do not personally believe that you are going to ever find a blued tube with a wooden base on an Imperial army Luger, or Weimar military Lugers, and very, very few on Police Lugers. Yes, Police Weimar Lugers have a combination of wood based magazines and metal based magazines, but not wood bases with blued tubes as the time frame just doesn't indicate this in my opinion. You can justify this by saying that these are arsenal replacements, or field repairs, but I'm not buying it, as they could just as well be 1988 exchanged jobs too.

The sear safety was added in someting like 1932 or 1933 and the magazine safety was removed in something like 1937. The Weimar rework Lugers had long been reworked by Simson or DWM by this time and the only thing being done to them at this time was the above mentioned work and the possibility of new or repaired magazines. Chances are that at this time if the magazines were exchanged they would have had new police issued H.S. magazines and not new blued tubes with the old wood bases which at this time had been officially replaced by orders to use metal bases. I'm very suspicious of these blue tubed wooden based magazines and in my opinion most are post WW2. Just my opinion with nothing other than personal experience to back it, so take it for what you think it is worth.

11-23-2002, 11:08 PM	#9
MauserLugers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Philipsburg, Montana 59858 Posts: 250 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 1 Post	Hi All, I have no reference to quote to verify my opinion. As I stated before, it is a fact that the blue rolled magazine tubes did not exist until mid 1936. The wood bases ended as far as I know on the Obendorf Mauser Lugers of 1934. I think some later Dutch Lugers might of had wooden bases but I'm not familar with them. No one mentioned what Lugers these are being issued with, but if "Lugercollector" has a 1918 DWM military Luger with a blue tube, then it has been messed with and the tube changed from a nickel to a blue at some time, as it was not issued that way originally in 1918 as it is not possible. The ONLY Lugers that these blue tubed wooden bases have a remote possiblitly of being correct on in my opinion would be police reworked Lugers, and then only a slight chance. The fact that 1936 is the earlist possible date for the blued tubes means that these would have been reworked for a police Luger after that time, which all the Mauser Police contracts at this time have the H.S. police magazines. So, any blue tube with a wood base would have to be a rework or repair after mid 1936. Official orders at this time would not allow a blued tube with a wooden base on a Mauser military Luger. I have over 50 Weimar complete rigs and I've only had one police Luger that had a blued tube with a wood base and that was a so called sneak with a blank toggle and in the "T" block. It has two matching magazines with both bases wood and one tube nickel and tube blue with "1" and "2" on them. I just do not personally believe that you are going to ever find a blued tube with a wooden base on an Imperial army Luger, or Weimar military Lugers, and very, very few on Police Lugers. Yes, Police Weimar Lugers have a combination of wood based magazines and metal based magazines, but not wood bases with blued tubes as the time frame just doesn't indicate this in my opinion. You can justify this by saying that these are arsenal replacements, or field repairs, but I'm not buying it, as they could just as well be 1988 exchanged jobs too. The sear safety was added in someting like 1932 or 1933 and the magazine safety was removed in something like 1937. The Weimar rework Lugers had long been reworked by Simson or DWM by this time and the only thing being done to them at this time was the above mentioned work and the possibility of new or repaired magazines. Chances are that at this time if the magazines were exchanged they would have had new police issued H.S. magazines and not new blued tubes with the old wood bases which at this time had been officially replaced by orders to use metal bases. I'm very suspicious of these blue tubed wooden based magazines and in my opinion most are post WW2. Just my opinion with nothing other than personal experience to back it, so take it for what you think it is worth.