Erfurt Magazine Mystery

ithacaartist · 05-19-2024, 08:32 PM

The mag bottom displays rather crusty looking "dishes," while the bottom is smooth and clean, and appears recently finished. The parts of the knobs' circumferences that become flatter when the serial number is removed look pretty danged flattened to me. The pins don't seem to have been disturbed, so my sense is that it's a DWM mag that was force-matched to this pistol.

The digits of the font used to number the mag should be compared to others known to have been marked at that time, which may yield further clues.

It would be a shame to blow out the bottom of an original mag, whether it's been doctored or not. Grab a couple Mec-Gar mags next chance you get, and use those for shooting.

05-19-2024, 08:32 PM	#5
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,368 Thanks: 7,432 Thanked 2,611 Times in 1,378 Posts	The mag bottom displays rather crusty looking "dishes," while the bottom is smooth and clean, and appears recently finished. The parts of the knobs' circumferences that become flatter when the serial number is removed look pretty danged flattened to me. The pins don't seem to have been disturbed, so my sense is that it's a DWM mag that was force-matched to this pistol. The digits of the font used to number the mag should be compared to others known to have been marked at that time, which may yield further clues. It would be a shame to blow out the bottom of an original mag, whether it's been doctored or not. Grab a couple Mec-Gar mags next chance you get, and use those for shooting. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894