Help with i.d. of magazine

Ben M. · 08-31-2012, 09:31 PM

i would not hesitate to pay $ 250 for that magazine if i ran across it at a gun show table.

Andyd · 09-02-2012, 12:40 AM

Thanks Ben,

that is encouraging to hear. It makes up for all the times that I have spent too much.

I am not really much of a collector but rather a shooter that enjoys accumulating high quality guns and accessories.

G.T. · 09-02-2012, 01:44 AM

hello to all.... I've looked at the pic's really closely... and to be truthful, I really can't tell.... If it came down to what i think from what i see... I believe the magazine bottom to be a replacement at probably some early stage of it's life... I'm basing this opinion on just a very few observations... One, the style of the radius on the knobs appears as neither DWM or Erfurt... kind of inbetween... two, the fit to the shell is not good either in the front spine area, (common,) or the rear spine area, (Not common) but most importantily, the side grain in just about every original manufacture magazine bottom, whether DWM or Erfurt, slants to the rear approx. 30 to 45 degrees... this one would appear vertical..??... I'm not making any conclusion, because there was a huge range of variance... but those are the things i see that are glaring...

....Best to all, til...lat;'r...GT

09-02-2012, 01:44 AM	#3
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,540 Thanks: 1,342 Thanked 3,735 Times in 1,019 Posts	magazine origin... hello to all.... I've looked at the pic's really closely... and to be truthful, I really can't tell.... If it came down to what i think from what i see... I believe the magazine bottom to be a replacement at probably some early stage of it's life... I'm basing this opinion on just a very few observations... One, the style of the radius on the knobs appears as neither DWM or Erfurt... kind of inbetween... two, the fit to the shell is not good either in the front spine area, (common,) or the rear spine area, (Not common) but most importantily, the side grain in just about every original manufacture magazine bottom, whether DWM or Erfurt, slants to the rear approx. 30 to 45 degrees... this one would appear vertical..??... I'm not making any conclusion, because there was a huge range of variance... but those are the things i see that are glaring... ....Best to all, til...lat;'r...GT

08-31-2012, 09:31 PM	#1
Ben M. User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Retired to Naples, FL. Posts: 497 Thanks: 110 Thanked 155 Times in 97 Posts	i would not hesitate to pay $ 250 for that magazine if i ran across it at a gun show table.

09-02-2012, 12:40 AM	#2
Andyd User Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Kaufman County, Texas Posts: 48 Thanks: 3 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks Ben, that is encouraging to hear. It makes up for all the times that I have spent too much. I am not really much of a collector but rather a shooter that enjoys accumulating high quality guns and accessories.