new MacGar magazine

sbauck · 01-05-2016, 08:40 AM

Purchased a InterArms Luger and had trouble with stovepiping. Got a new MacGar magazine to see if that would help. New mag will not stay locked in. New mag is thinner, .445 in vs original mag. .470. Any suggestions?

lugerholsterrepair · 01-05-2016, 12:25 PM

I am interested in buying a Mecgar. I would pay $30 shipped. Sorry but I have nothing for an Interarms...

Sieger · 01-05-2016, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by sbauck

Purchased a InterArms Luger and had trouble with stovepiping. Got a new MacGar magazine to see if that would help. New mag will not stay locked in. New mag is thinner, .445 in vs original mag. .470. Any suggestions?

Hi,

Is your new magazine one with the polymer follower or is it metal?

My metal follower Meg-Gar works perfectly in several of my Interarms Parabellums.

Sieger

DonVoigt · 01-05-2016, 12:47 PM

I've not had a problem with any mag not "catching", but then I don't have a '70s Mauser.

I'll have to measure some mags and see how the "run".

I do/did have a metal base Mecgar that was a tight fit in most of my pistols; I sent it to GT to
reform to fit better! It was likely just what you needed!!!!

lugerholsterrepair · 01-05-2016, 01:02 PM

My metal follower Meg-Gar works perfectly in several of my Interarms Parabellums.

Sieger, It would be a big surprise to know that the magazines would be made differently!

stressed · 01-05-2016, 03:18 PM

Plastic follower MecGar won't work in Disco Mauser.

rhuff · 01-05-2016, 03:44 PM

I have had a couple of mags over the years that did not want to lock into the mag well of my Interarms Parabellums or P08 Lugers.. On examining them closely, I found a burr or incomplete cut on the hole where the mag catch enters the mag. I couple of passes with a good needle file in the mag hole solved the problem.....piece of cake!! You might want to look at your mag and see if this could be the problem.

Lugerdoc · 01-06-2016, 12:37 PM

Sieger et al, I do have several original Mauser Banner marked Parabellum left from my purchase of all the left over Parabellum parts from Interarms, when they went out of business: As new @$100 or lightly used @$75 + $10 insured priority S&H on either. Tom

RAY1946 · 05-14-2016, 10:10 AM

I have several of the Mec-gar magazines. I took my 1971 Mauser Parabellum in 9mm out the other day to shoot. Two of the mags were the nickel finish with the steel follower, the other 2 were nickel finish with the plastic follower. All rounds fed flawlessly thru all four magazines.

The last four mags that I bought had the plastic follower and I was somewhat disappointed to say the least. I am glad I finally fired some rounds with them and my doubts were not justified...............

ithacaartist · 05-14-2016, 02:24 PM

Unless there is a dimensional difference between the plastic followers and the metal ones, I can't wrap my head around why they would work any differently. It seems to me that brass on plastic would be even more slippery than brass on steel. What does the follower do, anyway, other than push up on the stack of rounds (pressure dictated by the spring) at the correct angle, and allow the last round to slide off smoothly? Has anyone swapped metal for plastic, or vice-versa?

01-05-2016, 08:40 AM	#1
sbauck New User Join Date: Dec 2015 Posts: 1 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	new MacGar magazine Purchased a InterArms Luger and had trouble with stovepiping. Got a new MacGar magazine to see if that would help. New mag will not stay locked in. New mag is thinner, .445 in vs original mag. .470. Any suggestions?

01-05-2016, 12:25 PM	#2
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,760 Thanks: 4,848 Thanked 3,099 Times in 1,426 Posts	I am interested in buying a Mecgar. I would pay $30 shipped. Sorry but I have nothing for an Interarms... __________________ 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."

01-05-2016, 12:47 PM	#4
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,677 Thanks: 1,439 Thanked 4,347 Times in 2,038 Posts	I've not had a problem with any mag not "catching", but then I don't have a '70s Mauser. I'll have to measure some mags and see how the "run". I do/did have a metal base Mecgar that was a tight fit in most of my pistols; I sent it to GT to reform to fit better! It was likely just what you needed!!!! __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

01-05-2016, 01:02 PM	#5
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,760 Thanks: 4,848 Thanked 3,099 Times in 1,426 Posts	My metal follower Meg-Gar works perfectly in several of my Interarms Parabellums. Sieger, It would be a big surprise to know that the magazines would be made differently! __________________ 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."

01-06-2016, 12:37 PM	#8
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	Sieger et al, I do have several original Mauser Banner marked Parabellum left from my purchase of all the left over Parabellum parts from Interarms, when they went out of business: As new @$100 or lightly used @$75 + $10 insured priority S&H on either. Tom __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

01-05-2016, 03:18 PM	#6
stressed User Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 197 Thanks: 41 Thanked 43 Times in 30 Posts	Plastic follower MecGar won't work in Disco Mauser.

01-05-2016, 03:44 PM	#7
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,270 Thanks: 2,686 Thanked 958 Times in 704 Posts	I have had a couple of mags over the years that did not want to lock into the mag well of my Interarms Parabellums or P08 Lugers.. On examining them closely, I found a burr or incomplete cut on the hole where the mag catch enters the mag. I couple of passes with a good needle file in the mag hole solved the problem.....piece of cake!! You might want to look at your mag and see if this could be the problem.

05-14-2016, 10:10 AM	#9
RAY1946 User Join Date: Oct 2011 Posts: 77 Thanks: 178 Thanked 14 Times in 9 Posts	I have several of the Mec-gar magazines. I took my 1971 Mauser Parabellum in 9mm out the other day to shoot. Two of the mags were the nickel finish with the steel follower, the other 2 were nickel finish with the plastic follower. All rounds fed flawlessly thru all four magazines. The last four mags that I bought had the plastic follower and I was somewhat disappointed to say the least. I am glad I finally fired some rounds with them and my doubts were not justified...............

05-14-2016, 02:24 PM	#10
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,283 Thanks: 7,007 Thanked 2,476 Times in 1,319 Posts	Unless there is a dimensional difference between the plastic followers and the metal ones, I can't wrap my head around why they would work any differently. It seems to me that brass on plastic would be even more slippery than brass on steel. What does the follower do, anyway, other than push up on the stack of rounds (pressure dictated by the spring) at the correct angle, and allow the last round to slide off smoothly? Has anyone swapped metal for plastic, or vice-versa? __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894