MecGar magazines

SteveM · 05-11-2017, 07:51 PM

I recently picked up the stainless mag off of ebay. I believe it to be a MecGar mag because of it's constructiion. Has anyone come across any MecGar mags like this stainless with a wood base? The top mag pic 1 is a MecGar and is so marked, the bottom a 70's era Mauser(Holland marked).

Edward Tinker · 05-11-2017, 09:27 PM

yes that is my recollection - also that many were not marked

I like the earlier ones in stainless or nickle the best (I think its stainless)

Ed

sheepherder · 05-11-2017, 09:29 PM

Both the wood base and the concentric-circle base are crappy fits in the tube. I doubt if Mec-Gar or the 'Holland' bases are OEM.

The other base looks like a dished plastic Mec-Gar base. Several members here use a ball-end mill to dish out the OEM Mec-Gar base. It can be done without removal.

Lugerdoc · 05-12-2017, 12:02 PM

Steve, Your made in Holland marked mag is correct with the "dished in" black plastic bottom. Your center mag is probably an earlier nickel plated Mecgar with an added wood bottom. GT on this forum, offers this service to replace the original mag spring with his improved type and add one of his wood bottoms in place of the original plastic one. TH

laoshi75 · 05-12-2017, 05:50 PM

Mecgar mag upgraded by GT:

05-11-2017, 07:51 PM	#1
SteveM User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 1,016 Thanks: 94 Thanked 275 Times in 137 Posts	MecGar magazines I recently picked up the stainless mag off of ebay. I believe it to be a MecGar mag because of it's constructiion. Has anyone come across any MecGar mags like this stainless with a wood base? The top mag pic 1 is a MecGar and is so marked, the bottom a 70's era Mauser(Holland marked). Attached Thumbnails

05-11-2017, 09:29 PM	#3
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,183 Thanks: 1,400 Thanked 4,442 Times in 2,330 Posts	Both the wood base and the concentric-circle base are crappy fits in the tube. I doubt if Mec-Gar or the 'Holland' bases are OEM. The other base looks like a dished plastic Mec-Gar base. Several members here use a ball-end mill to dish out the OEM Mec-Gar base. It can be done without removal. __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

05-12-2017, 12:02 PM	#4
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	Steve, Your made in Holland marked mag is correct with the "dished in" black plastic bottom. Your center mag is probably an earlier nickel plated Mecgar with an added wood bottom. GT on this forum, offers this service to replace the original mag spring with his improved type and add one of his wood bottoms in place of the original plastic one. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

05-12-2017, 05:50 PM	#5
laoshi75 User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Thailand/France Posts: 490 Thanks: 288 Thanked 96 Times in 41 Posts	Mecgar mag upgraded by GT: Attached Thumbnails Attached Images

05-11-2017, 09:27 PM	#2
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,933 Thanks: 2,032 Thanked 4,530 Times in 2,092 Posts	yes that is my recollection - also that many were not marked I like the earlier ones in stainless or nickle the best (I think its stainless) Ed