Identify Old Crusty Mag

Hugo Borchardt · 12-01-2010, 09:11 PM

I was perusing my mag collection and found this oddball specimen today. It is completely umarked, old with a few small spots of pitting.

The follower button is unusual, and the mag weighs twice as much as my other mags - like solid steel. It looks like one extruded piece of metal and not wrapped like my imperial mags. It has some cosmoline inside of it, and I have no idea where I got it.

I'm thinking old POC mag with replaced bottom, but any thoughts on its identity are appreciated.

Clark

lugerholsterrepair · 12-01-2010, 11:12 PM

Clark, Ones I have found that seem abnormally heavy have been East German.

Jerry Burney

Edward Tinker · 12-02-2010, 01:55 AM

Clark, no offense but your pictures are uh, hard to tell...

Body wise, if you get a bunch of magazines, it is amazing how some are so much heavier than others. You can sure tell the difference in assorted magazines by their weight; and like Jerrry said, the pot metal like aluminum or whatever they are made of by the east germans is very heavy.

ed

Hugo Borchardt · 12-02-2010, 09:09 AM

Yeah I didn't do so good on the pics this time.....my wife is the pro photographer and she was out! Thanks!

FNorm · 12-02-2010, 09:12 AM

Kindda looks like a Haenel Schmeisser extruded type 2 or 3 police with a wood bottom.

FN

12-01-2010, 09:11 PM	#1
Hugo Borchardt User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 370 Thanks: 338 Thanked 131 Times in 47 Posts	Identify Old Crusty Mag I was perusing my mag collection and found this oddball specimen today. It is completely umarked, old with a few small spots of pitting. The follower button is unusual, and the mag weighs twice as much as my other mags - like solid steel. It looks like one extruded piece of metal and not wrapped like my imperial mags. It has some cosmoline inside of it, and I have no idea where I got it. I'm thinking old POC mag with replaced bottom, but any thoughts on its identity are appreciated. Clark Attached Thumbnails __________________ My militaria collection is dedicated to the memory of my Grandfather, Marine Gunnery Sergeant Dave Hill, Jr., wounded in action at The Assault of the Second Marine Division on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, 20-23 November, 1943. http://www.tarawa1943.com/pages/casualties%20tarawa.htm Last edited by Hugo Borchardt; 12-02-2010 at 09:09 AM.

12-01-2010, 11:12 PM	#2
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,761 Thanks: 4,852 Thanked 3,101 Times in 1,427 Posts	Clark, Ones I have found that seem abnormally heavy have been East German. Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

12-02-2010, 09:09 AM	#4
Hugo Borchardt User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Tennessee Posts: 370 Thanks: 338 Thanked 131 Times in 47 Posts	Yeah I didn't do so good on the pics this time.....my wife is the pro photographer and she was out! Thanks! __________________ My militaria collection is dedicated to the memory of my Grandfather, Marine Gunnery Sergeant Dave Hill, Jr., wounded in action at The Assault of the Second Marine Division on Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, 20-23 November, 1943. http://www.tarawa1943.com/pages/casualties%20tarawa.htm

12-02-2010, 01:55 AM	#3
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,911 Thanks: 1,987 Thanked 4,502 Times in 2,077 Posts	Clark, no offense but your pictures are uh, hard to tell... Body wise, if you get a bunch of magazines, it is amazing how some are so much heavier than others. You can sure tell the difference in assorted magazines by their weight; and like Jerrry said, the pot metal like aluminum or whatever they are made of by the east germans is very heavy. ed

12-02-2010, 09:12 AM	#5
FNorm Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 978 Thanks: 68 Thanked 127 Times in 108 Posts	Kindda looks like a Haenel Schmeisser extruded type 2 or 3 police with a wood bottom. FN