Strange magazine please help ID

[ithacaartist]

Originally Posted by Lugerdoc

Greavous, If I owned your M1906 Navy mag, I would send the wood bottom to GT to see if he could repair it, and then find a better condition, proper unnumbered DWM tube to put it in. In this case, better an exc restoration than a poor condition original. TH

I'd be tempted to have the old tube cleaned up and re-plated with nickel. Seems a shame to remove it, with the number stamped on it, from the mag bottom. Bringing the wood bottom back to original condition is definitely do-able, and if the grain is matched up sufficiently between main body and the patches/repairs, restoration will be virtually undetectable.

[Norme]

Originally Posted by Lugerdoc

Greavous, If I owned your M1906 Navy mag, I would send the wood bottom to GT to see if he could repair it, and then find a better condition, proper unnumbered DWM tube to put it in. In this case, better an exc restoration than a poor condition original. TH

I agree with Tom, send the mag to GT for repair. However, don't replace the tube, the stamped numbers are a Naval property mark (see photos) and magazines with these are quite rare.
Regards, Norm