Unusual magazine

G.T. · 11-24-2002, 09:19 PM

Hi Peter! Thats a tough one...but I have noticed one distinct feature on the Mauser rolled sheetmetal tubes that seems to be unique to Mauser only, regardless of the plating or blue... and that is: the die that was used to make the stops for the follower at the top of the mag. shell seems to be, IN MOST INSTANCES, an exact half circle... in other words the die was a round punch ground down to half it's dia.... most WWI mag. shells exhibit eliptical or flattened shapes in this area! Not a hard and fast fact, but something to take into consideration, to be sure! till...later...G.T. <img src="graemlins/jumper.gif" border="0" alt="[jumper]" />

11-24-2002, 09:19 PM	#21
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,502 Thanks: 1,318 Thanked 3,639 Times in 1,001 Posts	Hi Peter! Thats a tough one...but I have noticed one distinct feature on the Mauser rolled sheetmetal tubes that seems to be unique to Mauser only, regardless of the plating or blue... and that is: the die that was used to make the stops for the follower at the top of the mag. shell seems to be, IN MOST INSTANCES, an exact half circle... in other words the die was a round punch ground down to half it's dia.... most WWI mag. shells exhibit eliptical or flattened shapes in this area! Not a hard and fast fact, but something to take into consideration, to be sure! till...later...G.T. <img src="graemlins/jumper.gif" border="0" alt="[jumper]" />