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Originally Posted by tharpo
I can help in identifying the aluminum bottom magazines.
#4435. It appears that an East German post war bottom has been installed on a 1941-42 fxo body.
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The bottom of this mag looks more like Zamak, the zinc alloy commonly used in the post-WWII firearms industry. There were umpteen guns made of the material beginning roughly in the late 50s/early 60s, and it's still in use today.
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