Mec-Gar luger magazines

Major Tom · 03-22-2017, 04:30 PM

I have a DWM Luger with the hold open device.
Do Mec-Gar magazines hold the toggle open?
Thank, Major Tom

ithacaartist · 03-22-2017, 05:41 PM

Tom, indeed they do. They are currently the best functioning offered on the after-market, and using one preserves the old-time, collectible ones.

mrerick · 03-22-2017, 06:18 PM

The next best older magazines (when you can find them) are the machined ones made by Hanael Schmeisser / Ernst Thalmann. The wartime ones are marked FXO and E/37 The post war Thalmann manufactured magazines marked 2/1001 can often be had at reasonable prices.

These were made to reasonably close specifications and function well when they are undamaged.

aldo35 · 03-22-2017, 07:58 PM

I have used several Swiss after market mags I purchased in Lucerne back in '64 excellent results.
Aldo35

Edward Tinker · 03-22-2017, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by aldo35

I have used several Swiss after market mags I purchased in Lucerne back in '64 excellent results.
Aldo35

Agree with all the above

The Swiss mag is my permanent magazine in my shooter artillery.

ithacaartist · 03-23-2017, 01:43 AM

Swiss mags, Erma mags, fxo mags all work pretty well. Post-war Mauser, too, if you install a bottom that will hold up! I use MecGars for my .30 Luger at IDPA matches.

DonVoigt · 03-23-2017, 07:59 AM

I like the Swiss mags too- their only problems are the high price and finding them!

Mecgar at about $40 is usually 1/2 to 1/3 the price of the "others".

03-22-2017, 04:30 PM	#1
Major Tom User Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: S.E. Iowa Posts: 484 Thanks: 533 Thanked 228 Times in 125 Posts	Mec-Gar luger magazines I have a DWM Luger with the hold open device. Do Mec-Gar magazines hold the toggle open? Thank, Major Tom __________________ I Build Custom Pistol Boxes

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ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,374 Thanks: 7,447 Thanked 2,613 Times in 1,380 Posts	Tom, indeed they do. They are currently the best functioning offered on the after-market, and using one preserves the old-time, collectible ones. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

03-22-2017, 06:18 PM	#3
mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,920 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,135 Times in 1,518 Posts	The next best older magazines (when you can find them) are the machined ones made by Hanael Schmeisser / Ernst Thalmann. The wartime ones are marked FXO and E/37 The post war Thalmann manufactured magazines marked 2/1001 can often be had at reasonable prices. These were made to reasonably close specifications and function well when they are undamaged. __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

03-22-2017, 07:58 PM	#4
aldo35 User Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Northern GA Posts: 390 Thanks: 2,298 Thanked 184 Times in 91 Posts	After Market Mags I have used several Swiss after market mags I purchased in Lucerne back in '64 excellent results. Aldo35

03-23-2017, 01:43 AM	#6
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,374 Thanks: 7,447 Thanked 2,613 Times in 1,380 Posts	Swiss mags, Erma mags, fxo mags all work pretty well. Post-war Mauser, too, if you install a bottom that will hold up! I use MecGars for my .30 Luger at IDPA matches. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

03-23-2017, 07:59 AM	#7
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,355 Times in 2,041 Posts	I like the Swiss mags too- their only problems are the high price and finding them! Mecgar at about $40 is usually 1/2 to 1/3 the price of the "others". __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie