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Mac Cat · 11-22-2023, 02:44 PM

You're correct. It's not the original magazine style.

The original 1939 magazine was a wrapped tin metal body and aluminum bottom numbered to the gun (E/63 or E/83 on the base) and no "P.08". Hallock says they were blue colored (The Mauser Parabellum, p.193).

These blue extruded FXO magazines actually came out in 1941 with the byf lugers.

So, I think that an unmarked FXO would have been a reasonable replacement.

11-22-2023, 02:44 PM	#6
Mac Cat Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 672 Thanks: 2,015 Thanked 542 Times in 292 Posts	You're correct. It's not the original magazine style. The original 1939 magazine was a wrapped tin metal body and aluminum bottom numbered to the gun (E/63 or E/83 on the base) and no "P.08". Hallock says they were blue colored (The Mauser Parabellum, p.193). These blue extruded FXO magazines actually came out in 1941 with the byf lugers. So, I think that an unmarked FXO would have been a reasonable replacement.