Gentlemen,
I guess that we will have to agree to disagree on this topic. With respect to TomA, I have to think that since Erfurt had some 96,000 Artillery Lugers scheduled for 1914 production as well as a larger number of army Lugers scheduled, then logic would tell me that there was ample production to justify the manufacture of the magazines at the point of manufacture of the weapons during WW1. But since DWM produced all the navy Lugers, then DWM produced their magazines at their own factory.
This discussion will go into one of my folders along with a previous discussion regarding the "blackening" of the pin that holds the bottom to the spine. In order to keep peace in our family, I will pass on asking a simular question regarding the grips.
After reviewing the venerable Ron Woods comment to the original question about the concentric circles on the wood bottom, I have concluded that the concentric circles may have just been an ego thing between the navy and the army and that a few non concentric bottoms just happened to slip in.
Big Norm
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