The magazine to my 39-2 looks like it has a sort of "X" shaped piece of metal at the top. I guess that's the follower? At first I thought it didn't have one at all, but after I took the magazine apart, I have come to the conclusion that's what it must be. I've never seen one like this. All the others I've seen were plastic.

Anybody know anything about them? Do they work alright?

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You have the follower that was made of two stampings fastened together, with the cartridge in contact with the edge of the stamping. That's the follower that was in the magazines that came with the Model 39. Most of the 39-2 magazines had the plastic follower. Both work fine.

Just an early Model 39 magazine. I still have a couple of them.

Hope this helps.

Fred