Site advertising used wooden-bottom mags

markm3 · 08-31-2002, 11:36 PM

Worth a look. They're selling used wood-bottom magazines for $49.95:

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/showa...seq=1078143861

Aaron · 09-01-2002, 02:18 AM

There is no such thing as a wood-bottom WWII magazine. Something is badly out of whack here.

drbuster · 09-01-2002, 10:01 AM

Agree with Aaron, aluminum was the fare for clip bottoms during the "second war". Could it be a "typo" and really be WWI? Still a value compared to today's prices.

Herb · 09-01-2002, 01:46 PM

Don't buy em'!! I got two delivered on Friday, I don't know what they are but they sure aren't original IMO. They appear to be an extruded sheet metal, quite heavy though, and the wood bottoms are shoddily made, certainly not up to normal German workmanship. One of them jammed in the Luger and I had to use a bar to beat it out. Both are going back on Tuesday for a refund. Mec-Gar is probably still the best way to go if you just want spares for shooting.

Garfield · 09-01-2002, 01:57 PM

WWI mags did not sport blued tubes. Aluminum bottoms were authorized, I believe, in May of 1925.

Heydrich · 09-01-2002, 04:10 PM

I had the exact opposite problem that Herb had with mine. Mine kept sliding out of the pistol frame after the first shot. See the thread I started called "First Impressions of Shooting a Luger".

markm3 · 09-01-2002, 07:28 PM

Apparently the "cobwebs" in their warehouse took a heavy toll on these relics. Who would go to the trouble to make these?!

Lugerdoc · 09-02-2002, 07:03 AM

These extruded rough wood bottom mags are Scandahovian (not sure if made in Norway, Sweden or Finland) post WW2 production.

Heydrich · 09-02-2002, 05:42 PM

Here is a photo of one of the offending magazines. The quality is poor, I just sat it in my scanner.

08-31-2002, 11:36 PM	#1
markm3 User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 59 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Site advertising used wooden-bottom mags Worth a look. They're selling used wood-bottom magazines for $49.95: http://www.sportsmansguide.com/showa...seq=1078143861 __________________ markm3

09-01-2002, 01:46 PM	#4
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	Don't buy em'!! I got two delivered on Friday, I don't know what they are but they sure aren't original IMO. They appear to be an extruded sheet metal, quite heavy though, and the wood bottoms are shoddily made, certainly not up to normal German workmanship. One of them jammed in the Luger and I had to use a bar to beat it out. Both are going back on Tuesday for a refund. Mec-Gar is probably still the best way to go if you just want spares for shooting. __________________ Utah, where gun control means a steady trigger pull

09-01-2002, 07:28 PM	#7
markm3 User Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 59 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Apparently the "cobwebs" in their warehouse took a heavy toll on these relics. Who would go to the trouble to make these?! __________________ markm3

09-02-2002, 07:03 AM	#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	These extruded rough wood bottom mags are Scandahovian (not sure if made in Norway, Sweden or Finland) post WW2 production. __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

09-01-2002, 02:18 AM	#2
Aaron Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vista, CA Posts: 1,008 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	There is no such thing as a wood-bottom WWII magazine. Something is badly out of whack here.

09-01-2002, 10:01 AM	#3
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	Agree with Aaron, aluminum was the fare for clip bottoms during the "second war". Could it be a "typo" and really be WWI? Still a value compared to today's prices.

09-01-2002, 01:57 PM	#5
Garfield User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A little SE of Nome Posts: 239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	WWI mags did not sport blued tubes. Aluminum bottoms were authorized, I believe, in May of 1925.

09-01-2002, 04:10 PM	#6
Heydrich Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 181 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I had the exact opposite problem that Herb had with mine. Mine kept sliding out of the pistol frame after the first shot. See the thread I started called "First Impressions of Shooting a Luger".

09-02-2002, 05:42 PM	#9
Heydrich Banned Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Oregon Posts: 181 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Here is a photo of one of the offending magazines. The quality is poor, I just sat it in my scanner.