Another unusual Luger magazine!

[John Sabato]

Last year I purchased an unusual magazine from ebay... as part of a group of magazines for various guns.

Photos will be posted in the near future.

The blued body is straight with no grooves on the side. the bottom edge is flat like an FXO. The feed lips appear to be very solid steel. It used an FXO type mag bottom that was either plastic or bakelite with one knob broken off.

On the side it is very lightly stamped "SEYMOUR PRODUCTS CO." and the second line of the stamp says "SEYMOUR, CT." The magazine is very well made, and I think that this one just got abused.

Unfortunately, the magazine was damaged. There is a split in the bottom rear edge along the back seam of about 1/2 inch that prevents it from completely entering a Luger frame.

It is repairable if I can reshape and weld the seam. And I can fit an aluminum FXO base that I have on hand.

I have never seen a magazine like this before, but it looks a lot like the smooth-sided magazines that were produced for the second generation of Stainless Lugers made by AIMCO for Stoeger and under other names.

Has anyone else got a SEYMOUR magazine like this in their collection or ever seen one like this?

[John Sabato]

If some of the older collectors could comment on whether or not they have seen this type of magazine before I would really appreciate it.

[BogeyB]

Hey John,

I don't know about Luger mags, but Seymour made 50 rd Thompson drums during WWII.

Mike

[John Sabato]

Thanks... I knew that they were a Thompson drum mfg, but I was unaware that any US company had ever made Luger Magazines (I think that Triple-K actually had their's made outside of the USA.)

Anyone know if any other USA Manufacturers ever made Luger Magazines?

[Lugerdoc]

John, The current 3K mags are being made in San Diego, probably by the same folks that used to make them in Mexico. They also made the early stainless Mitchell/Stoeger mags, but I not sure who made their later heavier ones that are not interchangeable with the PO8. If Orimar made these in Texas, they are the only other domesticly made one that I'm aware of. TH

[John Sabato]

Thanks for the input Tom... that's what I suspected.

I finally good some good photos taken. Here are some close-ups of this Seymour Products Magazineâ?¦ If anyone has seen one like this I sure would like to know about it.

Full Right Side


Manufacturerâ??s stamp


Feed Lips view one


Feed lips Alternate View. You can see that the lips almost look like an FXO type mag, but this mag is sheet metal and is made similar to a .45 ACP Colt magazine with a welded and dressed rear spine seam.


Rear View showing body damage, probably from being dropped on a hard surface.


Manufacturerâ??s stamp different view


Mag bottom good sideâ?¦ exactly like an FXO type bottom.


Mag bottom broken sideâ?¦ probably from the drop that damaged this mag body above.


Comments are invited.

[MFC]

John,
I'd be more than happy to weld the split seam for you... N/C. Send me a PM if you want me to do it.
Mike C.

[Lugerdoc]

John, Thanks for the great photos. I've never seen one like that in 50 years as a luger owner, so I suspect that they didn't make too many of them. TH

[John Sabato]

Thanks Tom... for the confirmation. Too bad it is damaged... I think I will take MFC up on the offer to reweld it... maybe I can at least make it operational again.

If anyone sees another one of these, I would sure like to know about it. The company that made it is no longer in business.