Matching magazine question

gunbugs · 05-02-2017, 12:11 AM

It was my understanding that when the Germans were disarmed during surrender and/or capture, that the pistols were thrown in one pile, and the magazines in another, as the weapons were cleared of ammo. Then, usually, when an enterprising GI would want a "German Luger" to take home, they would pick a pistol out of one pile, and a mag out of the other, of course not paying any attention to "matching numbers", thus contributing to the great number of mismatched mags.

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05-02-2017, 12:11 AM	#1
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 681 Thanks: 375 Thanked 1,227 Times in 414 Posts	It was my understanding that when the Germans were disarmed during surrender and/or capture, that the pistols were thrown in one pile, and the magazines in another, as the weapons were cleared of ammo. Then, usually, when an enterprising GI would want a "German Luger" to take home, they would pick a pistol out of one pile, and a mag out of the other, of course not paying any attention to "matching numbers", thus contributing to the great number of mismatched mags.