Can you identify this magazine?

[DarthRevan]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Calibri, Geneva, sans-serif]Hey guys,
i was helping a family friend clear out their house while they were moving, and they found some of their dads old stuff. In the open boxes of .357 Mag and other unused boxes ammo was a single stack 9mm magazine. Can any of you identify it?[/FONT]

 

[Canndo]

Sig? Just a guess. I had a p210 many yrs ago. Looks similar.

 

[familyman15]

P38?

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[Canndo]

P38?

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Looks right.


Now go back and find the gun DarthRevan!

 

[DONALDG-HOG]

Check the base plate and everywhere else for markings- some of these are worth some $$$ - looks like P38 to me. Google image search P38 mag and compare.......

 

[45collector]

Looks right.


Now go back and find the gun DarthRevan!

This. Dig deep!

The jvd code makes it a P38 no question.

 

[Canndo]

This. Dig deep!

The jvd code makes it a P38 no question.

Lol. I saw the jvd when he added the new pics. No doubt.

 

[DarthRevan]

Looks right.


Now go back and find the gun DarthRevan!

Wish it was there, but they sold off all the old mans firearms a few years ago.
Would have been nice if it was still there.

 

[ColdDayInHell]

Looks like my P38 mags

 

[DarthRevan]

Does the jvd have a meaning as to when it was made? So far I'm guessing not WW2, but none of the post war ones I'm finding pictures of have the machine stamping as the war ones.

 

[enbloc]

Watch out. That thing's loaded...

 

[rivet_42]

Does the jvd have a meaning as to when it was made? So far I'm guessing not WW2, but none of the post war ones I'm finding pictures of have the machine stamping as the war ones.

the "jvd" is a code for the factory in which it was made. During the war, weapons and parts were stamped with codes rather than specific factory names so that the Allies couldn't use captured weapons to determine which factories to bomb, among other things. Based on a quick Google search, "jvd" is a common stamp, means "Erste Nordböhmische Metallwarenfabrik" (First North Bohemian Metal Goods Factory). The factory was located in Dolní Poustevna, in what is now Czech Republic, on the German border.

As with 1911s, there are P38 nerds who could probably tell you far more.

 

[mremski]

Playboy, Sept 1973.