What's with this S/42 magazine?

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by tphilly88

Could this be...a right out fake?...ust wondering if anyone has seen a mag base stamped in this way.

Font appears wrong; base looks filed/ground. Look like a 'forced match'. The font matches the die sets I have gotten from American tool suppliers.

IMO it's not necessary to force match a magazine. The original users mixed them up so much that nowadays, a matched magazine is suspect...

I'd druther have a mismatched original than a filed/ground force match...