Black fxo Magazine Question...?

Pete Ebbink · 02-20-2003, 01:44 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=4078

I may be quite wrong, but is it proper for a black plastic fxo type magazine to have 4-digit serial numbers stamped on the magazine bottom ?

Regards,

Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

Lonnie Zimmerman · 02-20-2003, 03:15 PM

Pete; Jan Still might get mad at me for this, because I don"t know for sure, but it seems like I read somewhere, that some of the very first ones were numbered.
Lonnie

Pete Ebbink · 02-20-2003, 04:29 PM

Hello Lonnie,

Since the black plastic is very brittle, do the number stamps get heated up so the die numbers just sort of melts/cuts into the plastic...?

Regards,

Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

Lonnie Zimmerman · 02-20-2003, 05:09 PM

Pete; that would sound right. As you know, these magazines are getting hard to find without cracks, etc.
Lonnie

Herb · 02-20-2003, 05:59 PM

Pete, don't believe everything you see on Ebay! It is my understanding that none of them were numbered, however I have not seen this info in print, just from seeing many of them advertised for sale. I just bought a 42 byf from a dealer that said the black plastic bottom mag had a matching serial#, When I got it the mag bottom not only did not have numbers, it was broken in half! You still going to the Big Reno Show next month??

G.T. · 02-20-2003, 06:41 PM

Hi Guys! I have seen several numbered Mauser fxo type black plastic bottoms that I believe to be original... but, the numbers were very well done, and, I believe they were pantographed or cut through a stencil.. some say that they are correct for the ku variation, this would be just a guess on my part... another thing to remember that these bakeolite bottoms were pretty close to indestructable when new... the plastic degrades over time.... thats about all I can say on the subject! Good luck! tilll...later....GT

02-20-2003, 01:44 PM	#1
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Black fxo Magazine Question...? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=4078 I may be quite wrong, but is it proper for a black plastic fxo type magazine to have 4-digit serial numbers stamped on the magazine bottom ? Regards, Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

02-20-2003, 03:15 PM	#2
Lonnie Zimmerman User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 523 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Pete; Jan Still might get mad at me for this, because I don"t know for sure, but it seems like I read somewhere, that some of the very first ones were numbered. Lonnie __________________ Lonnie Zimmerman

02-20-2003, 05:09 PM	#4
Lonnie Zimmerman User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 523 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Pete; that would sound right. As you know, these magazines are getting hard to find without cracks, etc. Lonnie __________________ Lonnie Zimmerman

02-20-2003, 05:59 PM	#5
Herb User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Utah, in the land of the Sleeping Rainbow Posts: 1,457 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Pete, don't believe everything you see on Ebay! It is my understanding that none of them were numbered, however I have not seen this info in print, just from seeing many of them advertised for sale. I just bought a 42 byf from a dealer that said the black plastic bottom mag had a matching serial#, When I got it the mag bottom not only did not have numbers, it was broken in half! You still going to the Big Reno Show next month?? __________________ Utah, where gun control means a steady trigger pull

02-20-2003, 04:29 PM	#3
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Hello Lonnie, Since the black plastic is very brittle, do the number stamps get heated up so the die numbers just sort of melts/cuts into the plastic...? Regards, Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />

02-20-2003, 06:41 PM	#6
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,486 Thanks: 1,283 Thanked 3,583 Times in 989 Posts	Hi Guys! I have seen several numbered Mauser fxo type black plastic bottoms that I believe to be original... but, the numbers were very well done, and, I believe they were pantographed or cut through a stencil.. some say that they are correct for the ku variation, this would be just a guess on my part... another thing to remember that these bakeolite bottoms were pretty close to indestructable when new... the plastic degrades over time.... thats about all I can say on the subject! Good luck! tilll...later....GT