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I picked up a magazine for my Walther P1 (here on the EE), but I'm having some problems. It will not feed rounds in the gun: the slide just rides right over the waiting cartridge and never touches the case. If I press in on the bottom as it's in the gun, it will make contact with the case, but feeding is not reliable. I obviously can't shoot while constantly maintaining pressure, anyway.
Take it out to measure, and sure enough, the height of the magazine body is 2 or 3 millimetres shorter than the ones which work just fine. Look pretty near identical, otherwise.
Now I don't know much about Walthers, but I know that P1 and P38 mag.s are the same thing, right? They never made any changes during the run?
The ones I have that work are marked with the Walther logo, then P38 9mm. This new one is marked in the same place Walther 9x19. No other markings, such as on the base-plate, aside from some have a serial along the back. All hold 8 rounds of 9mm Luger.
One other difference is the new one has an extra notch half-way up to act as a magazine catch.
The pistol is a P1 with I'm thinking 77 as a date marked on the frame and slide (it's not here with me now).
What I can guess is that this is a magazine designed for a different model of Walther pistol. Does anyone know which one?
Next question is why would Walther make two nearly identical mag.s and not mark it?
Take it out to measure, and sure enough, the height of the magazine body is 2 or 3 millimetres shorter than the ones which work just fine. Look pretty near identical, otherwise.
Now I don't know much about Walthers, but I know that P1 and P38 mag.s are the same thing, right? They never made any changes during the run?
The ones I have that work are marked with the Walther logo, then P38 9mm. This new one is marked in the same place Walther 9x19. No other markings, such as on the base-plate, aside from some have a serial along the back. All hold 8 rounds of 9mm Luger.
One other difference is the new one has an extra notch half-way up to act as a magazine catch.
The pistol is a P1 with I'm thinking 77 as a date marked on the frame and slide (it's not here with me now).
What I can guess is that this is a magazine designed for a different model of Walther pistol. Does anyone know which one?
Next question is why would Walther make two nearly identical mag.s and not mark it?