Model 39 prototype magazine??

[browningfn]

Can anyone identify this magazine??

 

[max]

Could be an early 39 magazine. They had followers that looked like that.

 

[kwill1911]

I don't think it is a standard Model 39 (or pre 39) magazine, e.g. for 9mm. It might be a 7.65 Luger magazine. Hopefully, cougar15 will come along and tell us.

 

[SSGRock]

A couple of my Model 39 magazines. Both marked S & W on bottom.

 

[gmborkovic]

Mr. Brown, that is a strange one . Never seen one like it. Does the base plate come off easily?

 

[Riposte1]

Could it be a magazine for a M-52 - if it holds 5 rounds of .38 Spl. Wadcutter that would be a clue.

Riposte

 

[kwill1911]

It does not look like any Model 52 magazine that I've seen. That's why I suggested maybe 7.62.

 

[cherrypointmarine]

Some time ago I bought a batch of 52 mags from here . To my surprise 2 of them weren't 52 mags , come to find out they were 39 mags . Here's some pics , don't know if they'll help .

 

[gmborkovic]

I cant tell from the fuzzy pic of the base plate if it is S&W stamped or caliber marked.
It could be a exp-tool room model. I will say not a factory production mag.
The 7.62 mag is just the std. 9MM mag.

 

[cougar015]

Can anyone identify this magazine??

The magazine doesn't look like any pre or M39 mag I have ever seen and it's not for a M52. The baseplate and sides are completely different when compared to those that are shown in post #4 and look at the differences in the way the baseplates attach. The only thing on the mag that even looks like the M39 is the welded X follower. Do you have a M39 mag to compare it to or can you provide some measurements? Have you tried to load any 9mm ammo in it?

 

[Alk8944]

Definitely not a M-39 magazine, and not even a S&W magazine with that style of floor plate and the magazine sidewalls bent in to retain the floor plate. The only thing even similar to a M-39 magazine is the X-follower.

 

[browningfn]

No markings on base plate...............

 

[gmborkovic]

cougar015, look at the top view pic. Notice at the rear of the lips, there is like a .cross bar
preventing the ramp from coming up. Im going out on a limb and say its a mag for a prop gun made in Japan. Like the one we have of the M-44. Still would like to see the mag all
apart.

 

[cougar015]

Bork,
It may be for some type of prop gun but it's not for the MGC M44 we have. The follower, the baseplate and mag body are all different . Here's a picture of the MGC M44 mag disassembled.

 

[gmborkovic]

Thanks Rich. I meant the mag in question.