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mrerick · 03-17-2014, 09:17 PM

"fxo" is the WW-II German concealment code for Haenel Schmeisser, the manufacturer of these welded and milled magazines.

These were the highest quality magazines made for Lugers, and generally function quite well. Your magazine looks almost new.

This one would be period correct for your Luger. i don't think anyone else had the tooling for producing these magazines, so it isn't a "fake". It most likely came from the Haenel factory in Suhl Germany.

After WW-II, the Haenel factory was taken over by the Russians and East Germany, where they continued to produce these milled magazines.

Military accepted magazines should have the concealment code, along with a Waffenamt inspector's stamp, like the Eagle/37 stamp generally seen on these magazines .

The VoPo (East German) made magazines have a distinctive stamping on them too, which this one doesn't have.

So, perhaps this one was sold commercially? I've not seen that "a" stamping in a Haenel Schmeisser magazine.....

There are magazine experts that frequent this forum. Perhaps they've seen something like this.

Marc

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mrerick Super Moderator - Patron LugerForum Life Patron Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Eastern North Carolina, USA Posts: 3,925 Thanks: 1,377 Thanked 3,139 Times in 1,520 Posts	"fxo" is the WW-II German concealment code for Haenel Schmeisser, the manufacturer of these welded and milled magazines. These were the highest quality magazines made for Lugers, and generally function quite well. Your magazine looks almost new. This one would be period correct for your Luger. i don't think anyone else had the tooling for producing these magazines, so it isn't a "fake". It most likely came from the Haenel factory in Suhl Germany. After WW-II, the Haenel factory was taken over by the Russians and East Germany, where they continued to produce these milled magazines. Military accepted magazines should have the concealment code, along with a Waffenamt inspector's stamp, like the Eagle/37 stamp generally seen on these magazines . The VoPo (East German) made magazines have a distinctive stamping on them too, which this one doesn't have. So, perhaps this one was sold commercially? I've not seen that "a" stamping in a Haenel Schmeisser magazine..... There are magazine experts that frequent this forum. Perhaps they've seen something like this. Marc __________________ Igitur si vis pacem, para bellum - - Therefore if you want peace, prepare for war.