[Ron Wood]

Dutch magazine design went through a series of transitions. The earliest version had the wooden base retained by a small spring clip. This was to facilitate removal of the base for cleaning the magazine. Unfortunately the spring clip tended to weaken over time resulting in the base coming loose during firing...most embarrassing. A field modification was made by drilling the magazine body and base with a transverse hole and installing a pin at the toe of the base (i.e. the side opposite the spring clip). Therefore this version of magazine had both the spring clip and the pin. Eventually, newly made magazines dispensed with the spring clip and were configured with one pin in the manner we are used to seeing Luger magazines. As Dutch magazines were not numbered to the gun, any version of the magazine is correct for a Dutch Luger. Unmodified early magazines are tough to find and are a nice accessory, particularly for a first contract Dutch.