Value range on a couple Lugers

ithacaartist · 10-15-2011, 10:26 PM

Ed, I have a mag that is bright, not blued. It is marked fxo, eagle over 37?in two places, and P08. The body is extruded (no seams or double layers) The lips of the mag were formed, in part, by grinding. The unmarked bottom is black-or very close to it- plastic or bakelite., showing a seam/flash from its mold. The bottom is attached with a single pin through the center of its little dished grips. The ends of the pin appear to have been bored out slightly and the resulting rims swaged outward to hold it in place. The body has a fine, lengthwise grain, I presume from the extrusion process, and in the deeper artifacts of this it appears dark, in contrast to the bare steel overall. It does not appear to have very much, if any at all in the way of leftover blued finish, even tucked in next to the bottom.
So, Mr. Tinker, what gives, here? Is this simply a regular fxo mag from which someone has scrubbed the blued finish?

David Parker

10-15-2011, 10:26 PM	#8
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,400 Thanks: 7,555 Thanked 2,643 Times in 1,393 Posts	Ed, I have a mag that is bright, not blued. It is marked fxo, eagle over 37?in two places, and P08. The body is extruded (no seams or double layers) The lips of the mag were formed, in part, by grinding. The unmarked bottom is black-or very close to it- plastic or bakelite., showing a seam/flash from its mold. The bottom is attached with a single pin through the center of its little dished grips. The ends of the pin appear to have been bored out slightly and the resulting rims swaged outward to hold it in place. The body has a fine, lengthwise grain, I presume from the extrusion process, and in the deeper artifacts of this it appears dark, in contrast to the bare steel overall. It does not appear to have very much, if any at all in the way of leftover blued finish, even tucked in next to the bottom. So, Mr. Tinker, what gives, here? Is this simply a regular fxo mag from which someone has scrubbed the blued finish? David Parker