Mitchell Luger Magazines

[Aaron]

I purchased a slightly used Mitchell stainless Luger, serial #46XX, dated 1992 under the American Eagle above the chamber. I used to turn up my nose at this model, but when this pistol came along at a very low price I couldn't turn it down. It turned out to be an excellent shooter, completely reliable with all factory loads and my own reloads. It came with a number of magazines of two types as shown in the photo. They all have wood bottoms and black composition followers. However, the upper one has two pins in the wood base, while the lower one has one pin. The upper one has a loading button with concentric circles, while the lower one is plain. The finger holes in the base of the upper mag are smaller than on the lower mag. The upper one has a round opening at the bottom of the loading slot, and the lower one does not. The upper one has three welding spots on the right side, with none on the lower mag. The upper mag will not fit into vintage Lugers, but the lower one works in all Lugers. Can anyone come up with any more info on these mags? I understand that very early mags had plastic bottoms marked with an American Eagle. These bottoms are unmarked.