magazine restamp

[4 Scale]

Originally Posted by jeb111

I guess it's just a matter of looking at many mags including restamps to learn how to spot doctored mags.

That is a big part of it. Also, having good reference materials can help show the correct magazine for a given variation.

There are also some excellent threads like this one for Mauser magazines:

http://luger.gunboards.com/showthrea...ffix-Pictorial

Personally I find judging magazine originality, especially when the magazine(s) are purported to match the pistol, to be one of the most challenging aspects of Luger collecting. And therefore an area where the help of more experienced collectors is particularly valuable. The long way of saying "best to post pictures"

[jeb111]

Thanks so much for the info and the referral to the past thread. That was helpful. I guess my question stemmed from the fact that I see advertised with many dealers "matching mag" or "two matching mags" which to me seems like it would be an extreme rarity. They seem to charge big bucks for those "original matching mags". It seems a guy could easily get stung if you didn't know what to look for.

Thanks again, I am new to this forum and I thought this was the best way to further my education about Lugers, a subject I have been interested in since I was a kid. The years of knowledge and experience on this site is incalculable.

Respectfully

Jim