Unusual mags

suum cuique · 07-25-2010, 11:19 PM

Have you seen this before?

Up side down numbered mag bottoms?
OR
this kind of mag bottoms? Vopo?

John Sabato · 07-26-2010, 08:18 AM

Re-numbers like these are VOPO... no consistency to the number type or font size, or the direction from which they were applied. Flat spots on the bottom of the knobs are easy giveaway that the numbers are not original.

If the mag body had 1001/2 stamped on it, it is post war and was produced by East Germany.

The notches in the mag bottom knobs are some previous owner's idea of "customization"... UGLY.

IMO

OTOH---they should be excellent shooter magazines.

07-25-2010, 11:19 PM	#1
suum cuique User Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: MD / Currently about 9000 klicks east of the Potomac Posts: 497 Thanks: 100 Thanked 47 Times in 35 Posts	Unusual mags Have you seen this before? Up side down numbered mag bottoms? OR this kind of mag bottoms? Vopo? Attached Thumbnails __________________ Regards, Andy There's No Place Like Home (Wizard Of Oz)

07-26-2010, 08:18 AM	#2
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,152 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	Re-numbers like these are VOPO... no consistency to the number type or font size, or the direction from which they were applied. Flat spots on the bottom of the knobs are easy giveaway that the numbers are not original. If the mag body had 1001/2 stamped on it, it is post war and was produced by East Germany. The notches in the mag bottom knobs are some previous owner's idea of "customization"... UGLY. IMO OTOH---they should be excellent shooter magazines. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*