Strangely numbered Mag on EBay

Herb · 10-22-2003, 05:03 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=13965

Doubs · 10-22-2003, 06:01 PM

Purely a guess, Herb, but the "22" may be a property or inventory number. I don't have my books handy as I'm at work but the serial number appears to be legit.

Herb · 10-22-2003, 08:44 PM

Doubs, my guess also. Look again, the serial number runs length wise rather than across. I have seen only one like that before but it had no 'property' number.

Dwight Gruber · 10-22-2003, 09:41 PM

I'm going to expose my relative lack of detail magazine knowledge and note that some early Luger magazines were numbered lengthwise (particularly Navys), can't tell you specifics of which.

I'm reasonably certain that a blued tube is not correct for any of them.

Maybe Ron Wood will weigh in here...

--Dwight

Ron Wood · 10-22-2003, 10:36 PM

I have no positive evidence, just conjecture. The large numbers running lengthwise is indicitive of an eary military style marking as Dwight observed. I would also guess that the 22 is a property number (rack number that matched the property/rack number of the Luger). Somebody had an early military magazine with a very nice wood base and lousy tube. They put the base on a blued tube. I don't think that the radius of the tube cutout matches the radius of the base knobs even considering shinkage and the pin has been battered by improper installation. Put the base back on the proper tube, using the proper pin and careful installation, and you have a nice magazine.

Navy · 10-23-2003, 09:47 PM

The long wise marking indicates that it is pre-1911; I would surmise that the 22 is a "rack" number.
I agree that it is a very nice bottom, but on the wrong tube.

Tom A.

drbuster · 10-25-2003, 10:34 AM

The tragedy here with this hybrid magazine is that it is getting bid up by people who either do not know it is a hybrid, or just want the original early, and rare, bottom, perhaps to add to the "proper" tube. Let's remember the four digit number as it may reappear as a "rare early Imperial Luger magazine" later.

10-22-2003, 05:03 PM	#1
Herb User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Utah, in the land of the Sleeping Rainbow Posts: 1,457 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Strangely numbered Mag on EBay http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=13965 __________________ Utah, where gun control means a steady trigger pull

10-22-2003, 08:44 PM	#3
Herb User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Utah, in the land of the Sleeping Rainbow Posts: 1,457 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Doubs, my guess also. Look again, the serial number runs length wise rather than across. I have seen only one like that before but it had no 'property' number. __________________ Utah, where gun control means a steady trigger pull

10-22-2003, 10:36 PM	#5
Ron Wood Moderator 2010 LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Santa Teresa New Mexico just outside of the West Texas town of El Paso Posts: 7,034 Thanks: 1,106 Thanked 5,238 Times in 1,718 Posts	I have no positive evidence, just conjecture. The large numbers running lengthwise is indicitive of an eary military style marking as Dwight observed. I would also guess that the 22 is a property number (rack number that matched the property/rack number of the Luger). Somebody had an early military magazine with a very nice wood base and lousy tube. They put the base on a blued tube. I don't think that the radius of the tube cutout matches the radius of the base knobs even considering shinkage and the pin has been battered by improper installation. Put the base back on the proper tube, using the proper pin and careful installation, and you have a nice magazine. __________________ If it's made after 1918...it's a reproduction

10-22-2003, 06:01 PM	#2
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,735 Thanks: 818 Thanked 1,763 Times in 584 Posts	Purely a guess, Herb, but the "22" may be a property or inventory number. I don't have my books handy as I'm at work but the serial number appears to be legit.

10-22-2003, 09:41 PM	#4
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,329 Times in 435 Posts	I'm going to expose my relative lack of detail magazine knowledge and note that some early Luger magazines were numbered lengthwise (particularly Navys), can't tell you specifics of which. I'm reasonably certain that a blued tube is not correct for any of them. Maybe Ron Wood will weigh in here... --Dwight

10-23-2003, 09:47 PM	#6
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	The long wise marking indicates that it is pre-1911; I would surmise that the 22 is a "rack" number. I agree that it is a very nice bottom, but on the wrong tube. Tom A.

10-25-2003, 10:34 AM	#7
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	The tragedy here with this hybrid magazine is that it is getting bid up by people who either do not know it is a hybrid, or just want the original early, and rare, bottom, perhaps to add to the "proper" tube. Let's remember the four digit number as it may reappear as a "rare early Imperial Luger magazine" later.