Matched Mags

ChannelIsles · 10-08-2013, 08:52 AM

Ebay Link

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Rare-t...torefresh=true

I need a decent set of police accepted mags, however, do these look right, numbering & Rivet through base?
I note the seller is Pavel - has anyone any prior dealings?
Brendan

ithacaartist · 10-08-2013, 10:16 AM

I don't know of Pavel, never particularly noticed before.

The mag bottoms look to me to have been ground/renumbered. If all this "matching" stuff was kept together for 60+ years, where's the GUN?

kubel · 10-08-2013, 10:26 AM

That wouldn't be "Pawel Nowak" in disguise would it? I know from the K98 Forums that he's a scammer from Europe, I believe actually from Poland but known to sell from other countries. I'd be careful.

DavidJayUden · 10-08-2013, 10:27 AM

I'm not sure if this is the same "Pavel", but there is an old pirate going by that first name that has been peddling outlandishly fake, overpriced junk, for years. He surfaces every year or 2.

The numbers looks suspicious, no suffixes, and I won't even start on the other markings.

Did the police number their takedown tools?

And $800? Gimme a break.

Now I could be wrong, and if I am I'll take my lumps, but my advice on these is to run, not walk, away.

dju

mystical_tutor · 10-08-2013, 10:39 AM

It is interesting that the tool is numbered and not proofed.....

kubel · 10-08-2013, 10:43 AM

The only way I would even consider paying $800 for those mags and the tool is if I had an all-matching police luger with the exact same serial number. Then, I'd still be skeptical about them coming from Europe.

Nomadr · 10-08-2013, 09:16 PM

If you read the letter, the magazines are described as "clips". Odd to me coming from an expert?
Although they do look convincing to me the price is high unless you have the original Luger as stated above.

Bob

ithacaartist · 10-09-2013, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mystical_tutor

It is interesting that the tool is numbered and not proofed.....

...and the numbers are stamped on a slant. In the 4th pic down, which shows the serial numbers and those "proofs", notice how the outer diameters of the knobs are not round--the lines from the reflections should be straight, and directly across from one another. These mag bottoms have definitely been ground. I see by the listing that it is not purchased by anyone yet, and that is a good thing! This offer is way too suspect.

George Anderson · 10-09-2013, 11:22 AM

I believe they are both post 1945 East German magazines.

kpf · 10-09-2013, 12:35 PM

Please do not think about this ones!scrap metal!!!

Regards

Kai

Norway

10-08-2013, 08:52 AM	#1
ChannelIsles User Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Jersey Channel Islands Posts: 156 Thanks: 8 Thanked 33 Times in 16 Posts	Matched Mags Ebay Link http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Rare-t...torefresh=true I need a decent set of police accepted mags, however, do these look right, numbering & Rivet through base? I note the seller is Pavel - has anyone any prior dealings? Brendan

10-08-2013, 10:16 AM	#2
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,323 Thanks: 7,194 Thanked 2,538 Times in 1,350 Posts	I don't know of Pavel, never particularly noticed before. The mag bottoms look to me to have been ground/renumbered. If all this "matching" stuff was kept together for 60+ years, where's the GUN? __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

10-08-2013, 10:26 AM	#3
kubel User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 124 Thanks: 5 Thanked 32 Times in 20 Posts	That wouldn't be "Pawel Nowak" in disguise would it? I know from the K98 Forums that he's a scammer from Europe, I believe actually from Poland but known to sell from other countries. I'd be careful.

10-08-2013, 10:27 AM	#4
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	I'm not sure if this is the same "Pavel", but there is an old pirate going by that first name that has been peddling outlandishly fake, overpriced junk, for years. He surfaces every year or 2. The numbers looks suspicious, no suffixes, and I won't even start on the other markings. Did the police number their takedown tools? And $800? Gimme a break. Now I could be wrong, and if I am I'll take my lumps, but my advice on these is to run, not walk, away. dju

10-08-2013, 10:39 AM	#5
mystical_tutor User Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 230 Thanks: 32 Thanked 39 Times in 25 Posts	It is interesting that the tool is numbered and not proofed.....

10-08-2013, 10:43 AM	#6
kubel User Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Ohio Posts: 124 Thanks: 5 Thanked 32 Times in 20 Posts	The only way I would even consider paying $800 for those mags and the tool is if I had an all-matching police luger with the exact same serial number. Then, I'd still be skeptical about them coming from Europe.

10-08-2013, 09:16 PM	#7
Nomadr Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 276 Thanks: 16 Thanked 28 Times in 22 Posts	If you read the letter, the magazines are described as "clips". Odd to me coming from an expert? Although they do look convincing to me the price is high unless you have the original Luger as stated above. Bob

10-09-2013, 11:22 AM	#9
George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,528 Times in 787 Posts	I believe they are both post 1945 East German magazines.

10-09-2013, 12:35 PM	#10
kpf User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Finnøy, Norway Posts: 75 Thanks: 78 Thanked 36 Times in 10 Posts	Please do not think about this ones!scrap metal!!! Regards Kai Norway