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hayhugh · 07-12-2014, 01:23 PM

Can someone please explain these markings on this magazine loading tool?

mrerick · 07-12-2014, 04:18 PM

That's normally where the WaffenAmt inspector would stamp an acceptance stamp.

I can't make out the detail in your photos. Can you shoot them considerably closer, and with some contrast?

Use the closeup setting of your digital camera, natural shaded light and a tripod...

Marc

lugerholsterrepair · 07-12-2014, 05:44 PM

I don't like what I CAN see.

hayhugh · 07-12-2014, 06:11 PM

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Can you shoot them considerably closer, and with some contrast?

Use the closeup setting of your digital camera, natural shaded light and a tripod...

I did all of the above but the mark is so small and faint that this is the best I could get. With a magnifying glass I think I can see a stick eagle and below that the bottom part of a 3 46 and the bottom part of a 3. What I really need is a jewelers loop.

The photos are hi-def so you can enlarge by clicking on them and they using the computer Z00M at about 300 get as good a photo as I have been able to get.

Who applied the mark and what did it signafie? Were there more then one type of mark or were they all the same? Did they come with the holster, gun or was this an issue item. Is there someplace that shows all the different marks?

lugerholsterrepair · 07-12-2014, 08:50 PM

Hugh..I have collected tools for quite awhile and this marking is unknown to me. Of course I havn't seen everything. Tools pretty much follow the marks on the side of the Luger pistol. Eagle 63 Eagle 655 stuff like that. Those were STANDARD marks. This appears to be way out of the norm. From the way it's stamped and from what I see..I don't know what it COULD be? IF it were original...

I have blown up your photo's and they are NOT clearly in focus. Blowing up pics do not improve visibility if focus is incorrect.

Edward Tinker · 07-12-2014, 10:18 PM

When I want to see something small, I take a macro close up of it - but of course it has to have plenty of natural but not shining right on it....

klaus 3338 · 07-13-2014, 03:16 AM

I think it is one as on the picture and it looks good to me.
It is not often seen.

hayhugh · 07-13-2014, 06:14 AM

Yes indeed, that is what I Have! What do you suggest the markings represent? Is it a unit marking, a maker mark or acceptance mark by whom? Again is there any information available showing the different markings and there meaning?

regul · 07-13-2014, 07:04 AM

Hugh
It is a Mauser acceptance stamp (Quality Control) from around 1937 and is the first tool to use the stick eagle design. The best book in my opinion so far to show good photos and explanations of the acceptance stamps is "The Mauser Parabellum 1930 - 1946" by Don Hallock & Joop van de Kant.
When you get a chance look at my Private Message to you.
Thanks
Ed

hayhugh · 07-14-2014, 09:14 PM

PM sent

regul · 07-20-2014, 08:37 PM

Hugh was kind enough to allow me to purchase the Mauser WaA 63 tool from him for my collection.

07-12-2014, 01:23 PM	#1
hayhugh User Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Florida/Penna Posts: 898 Thanks: 880 Thanked 514 Times in 276 Posts	Loading tool Can someone please explain these markings on this magazine loading tool? Attached Thumbnails

07-12-2014, 04:18 PM	#2
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	That's normally where the WaffenAmt inspector would stamp an acceptance stamp. I can't make out the detail in your photos. Can you shoot them considerably closer, and with some contrast? Use the closeup setting of your digital camera, natural shaded light and a tripod... Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.

07-12-2014, 05:44 PM	#3
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	I don't like what I CAN see. __________________ 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."

07-12-2014, 08:50 PM	#5
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Hugh..I have collected tools for quite awhile and this marking is unknown to me. Of course I havn't seen everything. Tools pretty much follow the marks on the side of the Luger pistol. Eagle 63 Eagle 655 stuff like that. Those were STANDARD marks. This appears to be way out of the norm. From the way it's stamped and from what I see..I don't know what it COULD be? IF it were original... I have blown up your photo's and they are NOT clearly in focus. Blowing up pics do not improve visibility if focus is incorrect. __________________ 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."

07-13-2014, 03:16 AM	#7
klaus 3338 User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Germany Posts: 519 Thanks: 0 Thanked 417 Times in 162 Posts	I think it is one as on the picture and it looks good to me. It is not often seen. Attached Thumbnails

07-12-2014, 10:18 PM	#6
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,966 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked 4,595 Times in 2,116 Posts	When I want to see something small, I take a macro close up of it - but of course it has to have plenty of natural but not shining right on it....

07-13-2014, 06:14 AM	#8
hayhugh User Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Florida/Penna Posts: 898 Thanks: 880 Thanked 514 Times in 276 Posts	Yes indeed, that is what I Have! What do you suggest the markings represent? Is it a unit marking, a maker mark or acceptance mark by whom? Again is there any information available showing the different markings and there meaning?

07-13-2014, 07:04 AM	#9
regul Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: VA Posts: 96 Thanks: 19 Thanked 57 Times in 20 Posts	Hugh It is a Mauser acceptance stamp (Quality Control) from around 1937 and is the first tool to use the stick eagle design. The best book in my opinion so far to show good photos and explanations of the acceptance stamps is "The Mauser Parabellum 1930 - 1946" by Don Hallock & Joop van de Kant. When you get a chance look at my Private Message to you. Thanks Ed

07-14-2014, 09:14 PM	#10
hayhugh User Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Florida/Penna Posts: 898 Thanks: 880 Thanked 514 Times in 276 Posts	PM sent

07-20-2014, 08:37 PM	#11
regul Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: VA Posts: 96 Thanks: 19 Thanked 57 Times in 20 Posts	Hugh was kind enough to allow me to purchase the Mauser WaA 63 tool from him for my collection. Attached Thumbnails