Mec-Gar Source

08-09-2001, 08:54 AM

I located a very limited supply of Black Mec-Gar magazines at www.SportsmansCorner.com Telephone 1-888-534-9980. Apparently, as indicated in an earlier msg, Mer-Gar is shipping a limited production run of P08 mag.

Dok · 08-09-2001, 01:12 PM

but Doug made a posting on 7/31/01 saying he had Mec-Gar mags for sale @ $21. Do a search to retrieve this message.

Luke · 08-09-2001, 03:42 PM

Luke · 08-09-2001, 03:48 PM

stymie · 08-09-2001, 04:21 PM

...but, Bart is trying to locate more! $18/ea... not too shabby... eh? These are the *MGLUG08B*s NOT the *TRP49M*s.

Luke · 08-09-2001, 05:33 PM

OK. What is the difference between the *MGLUG08B*s and the *TRP49M*s ????

stymie · 08-09-2001, 11:16 PM

@ the web-site. The "MG" is the 8 rd Mec-Gar. The "TR" is a 7d mag. It's just the item #.

08-10-2001, 07:16 AM

I currently have the following types of new luger mags available: Triple K blued w/bpb @$20, 3K stainless w/wood bottom @$30, Mec-Gar blued w/bpb @$25, Danish parkerized w/unmarked alum bottom @$35 and E.German 2/100l marked Schmeissers @$75 new or $60 used. Above prices include normal snail mail or add $3 more for priority. Tom

Doug · 08-10-2001, 05:31 PM

I have 22 new Mec Gars left at $21ea. I suppose that if you bought a lot I would give a discount. I spoke with my supplier and have 24 nickel mags on order and expect them soon. These are going to get scarce again as Mec Gar only produced 5000 mags for the whole year! I am going to post some pics comparing the old mags and the new ones soon.

Don · 08-10-2001, 06:17 PM

I have some blued and some nickel Mec-Gars, and in my experience the nickel ones are better shooters.

BILL · 08-10-2001, 08:31 PM

Does anyone have any experience (or anecdotal data) regarding why anyone would logically choose a Triple K over a Mec-Gar or the other way around? Just curious.

Hugh · 08-11-2001, 12:55 AM

I have several of the Mec-Gar blued/blk plastic bottom mags and have generally been pleased. Recently picked up two nickled wood bottom KKK mags at a gun show. They are very nice mags and function flawlessly. I like the appearance of the nickel/wood Mec-Gar better because they don't have the spot welded seams and have a metal follower whereas the KKK has a plastic follower.

Hugh · 08-11-2001, 12:58 AM

The spring in the Mec-Gar's is the old type round one, whereas the spring in the KKK's is the later type zig-zag one.

Don · 08-11-2001, 10:10 AM

Hugh, I'm confused. I know 3K makes a wood bottom mag, but are you saying Mec-Gar also makes a wood bottom?

HÃ?Â¥kan Spuhr · 08-11-2001, 11:06 AM

My opinions abouth the mags.

I prefer the Tripple K mags cause they have the smothest feeling I ever have felt on any mags (only the SS type, the blued are terrible)

My Tripple K have worked very good and I am very pleased.

But I have my Tripple k mags to shoot with, not to look at.

The tripple k's looks a bit cheap.

Regards HÃ?Â¥kan

BILL · 08-11-2001, 04:27 PM

Hakan, if you go just by the appearance of the Triple K mags you would never think that they could even work, let alone work well. You are right, they look really cheap. Plastic followers in a Luger just don't seem to go together. I have not done any shooting with the Triple K but have cycled several pistols and they seem smooth.

Hugh · 08-11-2001, 05:09 PM

Don,

The nickel plated Mec-Gar that Ted sent with his Luger to be converted to a baby has a wood bottom. That is the only nickel Mec-Gar that I have seen, and assumed it was original, but it may be a replacement by Ted.

Don · 08-11-2001, 05:33 PM

I fired a hundred rounds or so through a 3K several weeks ago. It was in an extremely finicky PO8, but I didn't have a single problem attributable to the mag. My only hangup is that they do indeed look cheap, like it came from a cap gun Luger instead of one of my very serious, ominous, lethal REAL Lugers.

Thor · 08-11-2001, 11:56 PM

Yes, it was one of GT bottoms!

Hugh · 08-12-2001, 09:25 AM

That explains why I liked it so much that I replaced it with a cheap plastic one and kept it for myself!

08-09-2001, 08:54 AM	#1
Roger Seymour Guest Posts: n/a	Mec-Gar Source I located a very limited supply of Black Mec-Gar magazines at www.SportsmansCorner.com Telephone 1-888-534-9980. Apparently, as indicated in an earlier msg, Mer-Gar is shipping a limited production run of P08 mag.

08-09-2001, 01:12 PM	#2
Dok RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Bermuda (Eat Your Heart Out) Posts: 1,626 Thanks: 0 Thanked 3 Times in 3 Posts	It has scrolled off the bottom now... but Doug made a posting on 7/31/01 saying he had Mec-Gar mags for sale @ $21. Do a search to retrieve this message.

08-09-2001, 03:42 PM	#3
Luke User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NC - USA Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 6 Posts	Re: It has scrolled off the bottom now... (EOM)

08-09-2001, 03:48 PM	#4
Luke User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NC - USA Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 6 Posts	Received Two from Doug. They look very good. (EOM)

08-09-2001, 04:21 PM	#5
stymie User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: KC,MO USA Posts: 114 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	2 left... ...but, Bart is trying to locate more! $18/ea... not too shabby... eh? These are the MGLUG08Bs NOT the TRP49Ms.

08-09-2001, 05:33 PM	#6
Luke User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NC - USA Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 6 Posts	Re: 2 left... OK. What is the difference between the MGLUG08Bs and the TRP49Ms ????

08-09-2001, 11:16 PM	#7
stymie User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: KC,MO USA Posts: 114 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	There are two Luger mags... @ the web-site. The "MG" is the 8 rd Mec-Gar. The "TR" is a 7d mag. It's just the item #.

08-10-2001, 07:16 AM	#8
tom h Guest Posts: n/a	Re: New Production PO8 Mags I currently have the following types of new luger mags available: Triple K blued w/bpb @$20, 3K stainless w/wood bottom @$30, Mec-Gar blued w/bpb @$25, Danish parkerized w/unmarked alum bottom @$35 and E.German 2/100l marked Schmeissers @$75 new or $60 used. Above prices include normal snail mail or add $3 more for priority. Tom

08-10-2001, 05:31 PM	#9
Doug User Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: USA Posts: 168 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Mec-Gar Source I have 22 new Mec Gars left at $21ea. I suppose that if you bought a lot I would give a discount. I spoke with my supplier and have 24 nickel mags on order and expect them soon. These are going to get scarce again as Mec Gar only produced 5000 mags for the whole year! I am going to post some pics comparing the old mags and the new ones soon.

08-10-2001, 06:17 PM	#10
Don User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 146 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Mec-Gar Source I have some blued and some nickel Mec-Gars, and in my experience the nickel ones are better shooters.

08-10-2001, 08:31 PM	#11
BILL User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Western Washington Posts: 826 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Mec-Gar vs. Triple K Does anyone have any experience (or anecdotal data) regarding why anyone would logically choose a Triple K over a Mec-Gar or the other way around? Just curious.

08-11-2001, 12:55 AM	#12
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 165 Times in 64 Posts	Re: Mec-Gar vs. Triple K I have several of the Mec-Gar blued/blk plastic bottom mags and have generally been pleased. Recently picked up two nickled wood bottom KKK mags at a gun show. They are very nice mags and function flawlessly. I like the appearance of the nickel/wood Mec-Gar better because they don't have the spot welded seams and have a metal follower whereas the KKK has a plastic follower.

08-11-2001, 12:58 AM	#13
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 165 Times in 64 Posts	Forgot to mention The spring in the Mec-Gar's is the old type round one, whereas the spring in the KKK's is the later type zig-zag one.

08-11-2001, 10:10 AM	#14
Don User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 146 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Forgot to mention Hugh, I'm confused. I know 3K makes a wood bottom mag, but are you saying Mec-Gar also makes a wood bottom?

08-11-2001, 11:06 AM	#15
HÃ?Â¥kan Spuhr User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Sweden Posts: 282 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Mec-Gar vs. Triple K My opinions abouth the mags. I prefer the Tripple K mags cause they have the smothest feeling I ever have felt on any mags (only the SS type, the blued are terrible) My Tripple K have worked very good and I am very pleased. But I have my Tripple k mags to shoot with, not to look at. The tripple k's looks a bit cheap. Regards HÃ?Â¥kan

08-11-2001, 04:27 PM	#16
BILL User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Western Washington Posts: 826 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Mec-Gar vs. Triple K Hakan, if you go just by the appearance of the Triple K mags you would never think that they could even work, let alone work well. You are right, they look really cheap. Plastic followers in a Luger just don't seem to go together. I have not done any shooting with the Triple K but have cycled several pistols and they seem smooth.

08-11-2001, 05:09 PM	#17
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 165 Times in 64 Posts	Re: Forgot to mention Don, The nickel plated Mec-Gar that Ted sent with his Luger to be converted to a baby has a wood bottom. That is the only nickel Mec-Gar that I have seen, and assumed it was original, but it may be a replacement by Ted.

08-11-2001, 05:33 PM	#18
Don User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 146 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Forgot to mention I fired a hundred rounds or so through a 3K several weeks ago. It was in an extremely finicky PO8, but I didn't have a single problem attributable to the mag. My only hangup is that they do indeed look cheap, like it came from a cap gun Luger instead of one of my very serious, ominous, lethal REAL Lugers.

08-11-2001, 11:56 PM	#19
Thor User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Rio Rancho, New Mexico Posts: 4,583 Thanks: 958 Thanked 970 Times in 276 Posts	Re: Forgot to mention Yes, it was one of GT bottoms!

08-12-2001, 09:25 AM	#20
Hugh RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Southeast Texas Swamp Posts: 2,460 Thanks: 2 Thanked 165 Times in 64 Posts	Ted........... That explains why I liked it so much that I replaced it with a cheap plastic one and kept it for myself!