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09-07-2009, 09:01 PM | #1 |
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Follower in a Luger magazine
Did Mauser or an other company ever produced a magazine with a plastic follower?
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Andy, I would be interested in others opinions, but I personally have never seen an original or aftermarket Luger magazine with a plastic follower,
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Hey John, after looking at one or two Luger Magazines, I totally agree with you. But why wouldn't I !!!
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09-08-2009, 09:29 AM | #4 |
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Andy, The current Triple K production mags have a plastic (Nylon?) mag follower. It works a lot smoother than the cast aluminum one that they used years ago. TH
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Thanks for the confirmation Frank! But I think you left a word out of your post. After the words "one or two" in Frank's post should appear the word "THOUSAND" since I know he has probably examined that many Luger magazines in his lifetime...
Lugerdoc, I had not even considered the Triple-K mags... I haven't seen one of the newer ones with a plastic follower, but I have never really liked their mags since they only hold 7 rounds instead of the standard 8 rounds like the originals.
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the base and the follower are made from black plastic. This mag has no markings but holds 8 rounds. So it is not a tripple k mag? The mag is in a much better shape (blueing) than the gun. Must be a newer production. This mag came with the luger when I bought it. The original mag was missing. I have another mag with a wooden base and the mauser banner on the rear side. I guess this a post war production, too. The tool has a mauser banner stamped on it, too.
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I am a novice vis-a-vis Lugers. My father in law left me two from his gun collection recently, and I am trying to find out what they are worth. I have 6-10 photos of each (a 1918 dated Luger and a 1938 Luger). Is there someone out there who can take a look at these photos and provide me with an assessment?
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09-09-2009, 09:07 AM | #8 |
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John S, Since few, if any, of us are using our PO8s in combat, why try to load the maximum in your mag? Just a good way to loosen it's bottom and possibly lead to feeding failures. TH
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Over here we are limited to 5 rounds per mag for training and 6 during military pistol training, so the 7 or 8 round limit doesn't disturb me that much.
I do prefer the looks of the MecGar to those of the Triple-K, however. btw. a used 9mm case makes a great follower. |
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I do not know if this counts.
But my Mitchell luger magazines have a plastic follower. Easy to ID they have a stainless body and a wood bottom. Interesting fact. For some reason regular luger magazines will not lock into the Mitchell luger,but the Mitchell mag works in everything! Have you Mitchell owners noticed this?
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Vim & Bob, I to have seen an emply 9mm casing used as a mag SPRING GUIDE that pushes up the follower. The early Mitchell/Stoeger stainless wood bottomed mag were made by Triple K. I also perfer the MecGar mag, but they don't make one with a wood bottom, that some folk want. TH
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Tom,
Oops, thanks for correcting. I was referring to the follower guide, of course For those with Mauser Parabellum magazines: The follower guide is usually brass. If, by any chance, it is of an aluminum color/texture (the guide, not the follower, ahem), the chance is there that the follower guide has been made from a modified NWM head stamped 9x19 aluminum blank. |
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Tom must be reading my mind!(what little of it there is)
I took apart this Portuguese??? magazine I bought that has a broken follower and it had one of those aluminum tubes on the end of the spring. It looks made for the task,its not a shell casing. Went and looked at my other mags and found another one with the same spring guide. I was wondering about this!
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