police magazine question

Dave Sanders · 04-29-2017, 03:36 AM

I picked up a really nice police holster tonight locally. It had a magazine and unmarked loading tool. I wondered if this magazine looks ok to you guys. The numbers look too big to me, but I don't see enough mags to really know for sure. Any help would be much appreciated.
Dave

SteveM · 04-29-2017, 07:46 AM

Obviously ground and renumbered but by whom?

rhuff · 04-29-2017, 04:55 PM

Definitely been renumbered to match a Luger. When, I have no clue.

wlyon · 04-29-2017, 06:24 PM

To bad it got ruined. The 3 I assume is the 3rd mag issued with the original police. Should make a good shooter mag anyway. Bill

mrerick · 04-29-2017, 07:04 PM

Is the Starburst over "K" a Berlin interwar acceptance mark?

lugerholsterrepair · 04-29-2017, 09:03 PM

Could be VOPO, Danish, Dutch..hard to say but not Bubba. This was likely done by an armorer.

Dave Sanders · 04-29-2017, 10:41 PM

Thanks for the replies. It has a really good spring and is all nice and tight. I will keep it for a shooter mag. Did the period mags ever have the bigger fonts like that?

Edward Tinker · 04-29-2017, 10:58 PM

yes, you see all kinds of fonts on police mags - some larger like this.
But always hard to know for sure who put it on.

The starburst was 1929-1934

DonVoigt · 04-30-2017, 12:01 AM

Vopo numbers tend to be "large" like these; could be from that rework/use.

04-29-2017, 06:24 PM	#4
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,673 Thanks: 3,243 Thanked 2,658 Times in 988 Posts	To bad it got ruined. The 3 I assume is the 3rd mag issued with the original police. Should make a good shooter mag anyway. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

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mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,139 Times in 1,520 Posts	Is the Starburst over "K" a Berlin interwar acceptance mark? __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

04-29-2017, 09:03 PM	#6
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	Could be VOPO, Danish, Dutch..hard to say but not Bubba. This was likely done by an armorer. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

04-30-2017, 12:01 AM	#9
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,443 Thanked 4,356 Times in 2,041 Posts	Vopo numbers tend to be "large" like these; could be from that rework/use. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

04-29-2017, 07:46 AM	#2
SteveM User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 1,016 Thanks: 94 Thanked 275 Times in 137 Posts	Obviously ground and renumbered but by whom?

04-29-2017, 04:55 PM	#3
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,314 Thanks: 2,746 Thanked 998 Times in 733 Posts	Definitely been renumbered to match a Luger. When, I have no clue.

04-29-2017, 10:41 PM	#7
Dave Sanders User Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Hamer, Idaho Posts: 295 Thanks: 28 Thanked 56 Times in 28 Posts	Thanks for the replies. It has a really good spring and is all nice and tight. I will keep it for a shooter mag. Did the period mags ever have the bigger fonts like that?

04-29-2017, 10:58 PM	#8
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,974 Thanks: 2,072 Thanked 4,608 Times in 2,123 Posts	yes, you see all kinds of fonts on police mags - some larger like this. But always hard to know for sure who put it on. The starburst was 1929-1934