No blue pin on wood-bottom mag

MauserLugers · 06-23-2003, 11:15 PM

Wes,
The answer to your question about the pin being blue in color is that Imperial wood based magazines originally had blued connecting pins. It is nice to find them with the blue still on the pin, but over time, some loose this blue color and become more of a nickel color, or there is wear on the pin and it becomes nickel in color. The commercial magazines such as this one should have the blue colored pin also. These commercial blank magazines are getting harder and harder to find and collectors want them to make complete rigs for all the commercial models. -- Bill

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06-23-2003, 11:15 PM	#15
MauserLugers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Philipsburg, Montana 59858 Posts: 250 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 1 Post	Wes, The answer to your question about the pin being blue in color is that Imperial wood based magazines originally had blued connecting pins. It is nice to find them with the blue still on the pin, but over time, some loose this blue color and become more of a nickel color, or there is wear on the pin and it becomes nickel in color. The commercial magazines such as this one should have the blue colored pin also. These commercial blank magazines are getting harder and harder to find and collectors want them to make complete rigs for all the commercial models. -- Bill