Please Tell Me About This P08 Magazine

blackonblack · 03-27-2012, 05:24 PM

I was helping my grandmother clean out her house and I found this magazine and she gave it to me. My grandfather was a WWII Captain in a tank destroyer divison and saw combat in Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. He brought back 3 lugers. None from which I have personally seen. They were all given away..1 of which was absconded from me which I am pretty bitter about. So sadly I don't have a gun to use it with and I'd prefer not give it to the family member that took it from me. Anyways this magazine is the only wartime item I got from my grandfather who recently passed so I'd like to keep it as a remembrance of him except I know nothing about it. Is it valuable?

lugerholsterrepair · 03-27-2012, 05:55 PM

Jeff..Sorry to hear a story like that..You can pick your Friends but not your Family.

Your magazine is worth $50 with the broken bottom. The good news is that Gerald Tomeck can put another bottom on it.

It would then be restored and correct..worth about $150.

Hope this helps..

FNorm · 03-27-2012, 06:37 PM

Type 6: Blued Extruded Body, Black Plastic Concave Center Pinned Body, fxo Code, E/37 WaA
Late 41 and all of 42.

FN

blackonblack · 03-27-2012, 08:11 PM

I found a similiar magazine on eBay from a luger called the "black widow". The stampings are the same but maybe I am missing something. It sold for $361

alanint · 03-27-2012, 09:21 PM

No, Ebay is where people who don't know where else to look often buy their stuff. If two such people happen to want the same item, they will bid it into the stratosphere.

If you are hoping for top dollar on your magazine, it is certainly worth a try.

blackonblack · 03-27-2012, 10:06 PM

Of course, but am I correct in stating this mgazine is from a "black widow" looks the same to me

alanint · 03-27-2012, 10:20 PM

Yes, this would be considered a "Black Widow" magazine.

Neil Young · 03-28-2012, 07:54 AM

Blackonblack:
I think that what you are "missing" is that people pay top dollar for collectible items that are "as issued" and not messed with. Your magazine is severely disfigured and even if it were restored, it still would not be as originally issued. Sorry.

Neil

blackonblack · 03-28-2012, 09:18 PM

Can I find a black widow magazine bottom and replace it?

lugerholsterrepair · 03-28-2012, 09:22 PM

Yes you can.

lugersrkewl · 03-28-2012, 09:28 PM

gun show might be a good place for that

lfid · 03-29-2012, 02:20 AM

blackonblack,
suggest you pm to forum member "G.T." for discussion on the repair / restoration of your fxo mag. and/or you could use the forum advanced search option and search for postings by member "G.T." ( not GT , needs the dots no space) and also select the subforum "Repairs, Restoration & Refinishing" and otherwise blank values in the search

sounds like you may someday have a luger and seems it would be cool to use this mag in it -
so perhaps would be good to have it also tuned for future usage as part of the broken base replacement

this type of mag is generally regarded as one of best to use

good luck in the quest
Bill

03-27-2012, 05:24 PM	#1
blackonblack User Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Please Tell Me About This P08 Magazine I was helping my grandmother clean out her house and I found this magazine and she gave it to me. My grandfather was a WWII Captain in a tank destroyer divison and saw combat in Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. He brought back 3 lugers. None from which I have personally seen. They were all given away..1 of which was absconded from me which I am pretty bitter about. So sadly I don't have a gun to use it with and I'd prefer not give it to the family member that took it from me. Anyways this magazine is the only wartime item I got from my grandfather who recently passed so I'd like to keep it as a remembrance of him except I know nothing about it. Is it valuable?

03-27-2012, 05:55 PM	#2
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,761 Thanks: 4,863 Thanked 3,101 Times in 1,427 Posts	Jeff..Sorry to hear a story like that..You can pick your Friends but not your Family. Your magazine is worth $50 with the broken bottom. The good news is that Gerald Tomeck can put another bottom on it. It would then be restored and correct..worth about $150. Hope this helps.. __________________ 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."

03-27-2012, 06:37 PM	#3
FNorm Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 978 Thanks: 68 Thanked 127 Times in 108 Posts	Type 6: Blued Extruded Body, Black Plastic Concave Center Pinned Body, fxo Code, E/37 WaA Late 41 and all of 42. FN Last edited by FNorm; 03-27-2012 at 06:38 PM. Reason: sp

03-28-2012, 07:54 AM	#8
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 540 Thanks: 546 Thanked 438 Times in 165 Posts	Blackonblack: I think that what you are "missing" is that people pay top dollar for collectible items that are "as issued" and not messed with. Your magazine is severely disfigured and even if it were restored, it still would not be as originally issued. Sorry. Neil __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

03-28-2012, 09:22 PM	#10
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,761 Thanks: 4,863 Thanked 3,101 Times in 1,427 Posts	Yes you can. __________________ 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."

03-27-2012, 08:11 PM	#4
blackonblack User Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I found a similiar magazine on eBay from a luger called the "black widow". The stampings are the same but maybe I am missing something. It sold for $361

03-27-2012, 09:21 PM	#5
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	No, Ebay is where people who don't know where else to look often buy their stuff. If two such people happen to want the same item, they will bid it into the stratosphere. If you are hoping for top dollar on your magazine, it is certainly worth a try.

03-27-2012, 10:06 PM	#6
blackonblack User Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Of course, but am I correct in stating this mgazine is from a "black widow" looks the same to me

03-27-2012, 10:20 PM	#7
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	Yes, this would be considered a "Black Widow" magazine.

03-28-2012, 09:18 PM	#9
blackonblack User Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 11 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Can I find a black widow magazine bottom and replace it?

03-28-2012, 09:28 PM	#11
lugersrkewl Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ussr Posts: 425 Thanks: 198 Thanked 75 Times in 58 Posts	gun show might be a good place for that

03-29-2012, 02:20 AM	#12
lfid Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wichita, KS USA Posts: 453 Thanks: 573 Thanked 96 Times in 53 Posts	blackonblack, suggest you pm to forum member "G.T." for discussion on the repair / restoration of your fxo mag. and/or you could use the forum advanced search option and search for postings by member "G.T." ( not GT , needs the dots no space) and also select the subforum "Repairs, Restoration & Refinishing" and otherwise blank values in the search sounds like you may someday have a luger and seems it would be cool to use this mag in it - so perhaps would be good to have it also tuned for future usage as part of the broken base replacement this type of mag is generally regarded as one of best to use good luck in the quest Bill Last edited by lfid; 03-29-2012 at 02:27 AM. Reason: correction 2