Luger Magazine numbering

Puretexan · 06-20-2017, 09:15 AM

I can't see why they would have numbered magazines. If any of them fit any pistol, why would they have wasted resources, to make the magazine number match the pistol.
I can see a German soldier running around his barracks asking who has 2917 magazine, because at the range somebody swapped it for this 3418? Surely in the building process nobody though eventually a person would want the magazine that was originally assigned to this pistol.

06-20-2017, 09:15 AM	#1
Puretexan User Join Date: May 2017 Location: Pearland Texas Posts: 176 Thanks: 11 Thanked 70 Times in 36 Posts	Luger Magazine numbering I can't see why they would have numbered magazines. If any of them fit any pistol, why would they have wasted resources, to make the magazine number match the pistol. I can see a German soldier running around his barracks asking who has 2917 magazine, because at the range somebody swapped it for this 3418? Surely in the building process nobody though eventually a person would want the magazine that was originally assigned to this pistol.