Mitchell-Stoeger P.08 mags

Eugen · 07-22-2016, 09:46 PM

https://www.cdnnsports.com/luger-p08...oeger-mag.html

I noticed these $29.95 mags that are listed for a Luger P.08. I am not familiar with this brand. How do they compare to the Mec-Gar mags?

Please share any experience you have with them and school me on this brand of mag. I was considering buying two of them for the range. But before I spend $60, I thought I'd seek the wisdom from the folks here.

Thank you.

ithacaartist · 07-23-2016, 12:32 AM

I think they are on the junky end of things, as far as their construction goes. Nasty spot welds up and down their length, crudely made wood bottoms. IIRC, their springs are a little weak, too. I'd stick with MecGar, which are the same price or cheaper.

DonVoigt · 07-23-2016, 10:30 AM

I have had a couple stoeger mags, they are as David says; don't buy them , you can get the
"good" Mecgars for the same price or less, you just won't get a "junky" wood base!

One of the police supply places sells mecgars on ebay all the time for about $27 for blue ones;
cheaper if you buy three at a time.

DTR04 · 07-23-2016, 11:04 AM

This is a better deal. Probably unbranded MecGar, as they are made in Italy.

https://www.cdnnsports.com/luger-p08....html?___SID=U

DonVoigt · 07-23-2016, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by DTR04

This is a better deal. Probably unbranded MecGar, as they are made in Italy.

https://www.cdnnsports.com/luger-p08....html?___SID=U

I believe you are correct, I bought two- they are just like mecgars, but not marked.

Eugen · 07-23-2016, 02:14 PM

Folks, thank you all for the informative advice. I'll stick with Mec-Gar brand (who dreams up these weird brand names?)

rhuff · 07-23-2016, 03:00 PM

Sometime back, I purchased some CDNN Luger mags advertised as OEM. They have no name or origin stamped on them. They have a plastic follower and a plastic base. They are blued. I purchased 3 of them for $17 each. Of the three, one was a bit oversize and did not slide easily into the mag well. I did a bit of "tuning" to the tube with some emery paper, and it fit fine after that. A second one had one small area that needed a couple of strokes also to correct it....the third was just fine. I touched the sanded areas up with cold blue. They function fine in MY alphabet Luger. I have no idea who made them.

DonVoigt · 07-23-2016, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by rhuff

Sometime back, I purchased some CDNN Luger mags advertised as OEM. They have no name or origin stamped on them. They have a plastic follower and a plastic base. They are blued. I purchased 3 of them for $17 each. Of the three, one was a bit oversize and did not slide easily into the mag well. I did a bit of "tuning" to the tube with some emery paper, and it fit fine after that. A second one had one small area that needed a couple of strokes also to correct it....the third was just fine. I touched the sanded areas up with cold blue. They function fine in MY alphabet Luger. I have no idea who made them.

Perhaps these are "seconds" that Mecgar just does not want to put their name on.

rhuff · 07-23-2016, 07:22 PM

Good thought!!! Could very well be. The welds down the tube are readily noticeable, no so on my known Mec-Gar mags. Another Luger mystery!!

John Sabato · 07-25-2016, 10:04 AM

they could be possibly Triple-K factory seconds...

DonVoigt · 07-25-2016, 01:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rhuff

Good thought!!! Could very well be. The welds down the tube are readily noticeable, no so on my known Mec-Gar mags. Another Luger mystery!!

That's because Mecgar doesn't make them that way; the weld on a Mecgar is down the back.

John S. nailed it, could likely be KKK.

rhuff · 07-25-2016, 05:48 PM

Whatever my 'mystery mags' are, they function o.k. now that they have been fitted!

07-22-2016, 09:46 PM	#1
Eugen User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Newburgh,IN Posts: 757 Thanks: 366 Thanked 594 Times in 313 Posts	Mitchell-Stoeger P.08 mags https://www.cdnnsports.com/luger-p08...oeger-mag.html I noticed these $29.95 mags that are listed for a Luger P.08. I am not familiar with this brand. How do they compare to the Mec-Gar mags? Please share any experience you have with them and school me on this brand of mag. I was considering buying two of them for the range. But before I spend $60, I thought I'd seek the wisdom from the folks here. Thank you. __________________ “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain

07-23-2016, 12:32 AM	#2
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,282 Thanks: 7,007 Thanked 2,476 Times in 1,319 Posts	I think they are on the junky end of things, as far as their construction goes. Nasty spot welds up and down their length, crudely made wood bottoms. IIRC, their springs are a little weak, too. I'd stick with MecGar, which are the same price or cheaper. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

07-23-2016, 10:30 AM	#3
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 have had a couple stoeger mags, they are as David says; don't buy them , you can get the "good" Mecgars for the same price or less, you just won't get a "junky" wood base! One of the police supply places sells mecgars on ebay all the time for about $27 for blue ones; cheaper if you buy three at a time. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

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Eugen User Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Newburgh,IN Posts: 757 Thanks: 366 Thanked 594 Times in 313 Posts	Folks, thank you all for the informative advice. I'll stick with Mec-Gar brand (who dreams up these weird brand names?) __________________ “God created war so that Americans would learn geography.” ― Mark Twain

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John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,150 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,304 Times in 1,096 Posts	they could be possibly Triple-K factory seconds... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

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DTR04 User Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 51 Thanks: 90 Thanked 35 Times in 17 Posts	This is a better deal. Probably unbranded MecGar, as they are made in Italy. https://www.cdnnsports.com/luger-p08....html?___SID=U

07-23-2016, 03:00 PM	#7
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,270 Thanks: 2,686 Thanked 958 Times in 704 Posts	Sometime back, I purchased some CDNN Luger mags advertised as OEM. They have no name or origin stamped on them. They have a plastic follower and a plastic base. They are blued. I purchased 3 of them for $17 each. Of the three, one was a bit oversize and did not slide easily into the mag well. I did a bit of "tuning" to the tube with some emery paper, and it fit fine after that. A second one had one small area that needed a couple of strokes also to correct it....the third was just fine. I touched the sanded areas up with cold blue. They function fine in MY alphabet Luger. I have no idea who made them.

07-23-2016, 07:22 PM	#9
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,270 Thanks: 2,686 Thanked 958 Times in 704 Posts	Good thought!!! Could very well be. The welds down the tube are readily noticeable, no so on my known Mec-Gar mags. Another Luger mystery!!

07-25-2016, 05:48 PM	#12
rhuff Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Az. Posts: 2,270 Thanks: 2,686 Thanked 958 Times in 704 Posts	Whatever my 'mystery mags' are, they function o.k. now that they have been fitted!