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08-13-2002, 03:11 PM | #1 |
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Odd Magazine Marking
See picture below. This early DWM magazine bottom has the standard "5717e" marking but has been stamped over with a large, upside-down, "07."
One theory is that this was an armorer's property mark. Any other thoughts, comments? Thanks Luke
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08-13-2002, 04:32 PM | #2 |
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<img src="graemlins/xyxwave.gif" border="0" alt="[bigbye]" /> Luke, looks like a LO to me, maybe they forgot to stamp the last L for LOL ????? <img src="graemlins/roflmao.gif" border="0" alt="[hiha]" />
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Thanks, Hugh. [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Actually, it was probably a WW-I James Bond pistol.
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08-13-2002, 05:28 PM | #4 |
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Luke:
A property mark is as good and rational an explanation as any. If the mag had been renumbered to another gun, the old serial most likely would have X'ed out. |
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Hello Luke,
It is for sure a strange marked magazine to me! Navy mag's are the only ones I have seen with the figures running in that direction. Could the 07 possibly be a year date like found on holsters?
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See Still, Imperial Lugers pg.88. Luke; Perhaps of some small interest, the mag bottom pictured in Still's book is numbered 5184 e. |
08-13-2002, 09:56 PM | #7 |
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Luke,
For what it's worth, the 5717 "e" looks like a script "b" to me, which would mean that the magazine probably came from a 1910 model, if it is an "e" then it would have to have come from a 1911 model (the only year they made e blocks with the old style magazine numbering). The "07" is obviously a reference to agent 007, greatly increasing its collector value on E-Bay. KFS |
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Garfield & ToggleTop -
Thanks for your comments. Hugh & Karl - Thanks for the smiles. Luke
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The letter suffix appears to be the third variation of the letter e as shown in Costanzo.
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