Sidearms & Scatterguns WWII 1911 Magazine ID Help Needed

[19Scout77]

I have a a number of 1911 magazines that I am trying to id and value. The first pic is of four mags that I am 99% sure are WWII. One Scovill
One Little and One Risdon. The fourth, with the more oxidized parkerizing has no markings at all.

All four in the second pic look the exact same. Unmarked with two deep spot welds holding the baseplate on.

Finally, i have two mag pouches marked S. Froehlich Co 1943.

What do I have here?

 

[303_enfield]

Most WWII magazines are dime a dozen. You can still find them new in the bag. Take a look here:
1911 Magazine FAQ
Maybe you have something special.

 

[19Scout77]

Thanks. That article is what got me this far. Mainly trying to figure out the 4 mags with the serious spot welds.

 

[trigger643]

Thanks. That article is what got me this far. Mainly trying to figure out the 4 mags with the serious spot welds.

Can't tell you what they are, but I can tell you what they aren't.

All WW2 contract magazines will be maker marked on the base lip with the exception of Singer and Colt. However, Singer magazines will have deeply swedged pins, not spot welds. Colt Magazines will be pinned. Singer Magazines will have straight rear seams. Colt's will have no seam.

Note, in 1942 Colt did use a small lot of commercial magazines and these are marked.

 

[19Scout77]

Thanks trigger. The first picture is of what I think are spot welds although the very well could be swedged. The second is a pic of the same area of the othe fifth unmarked mag. Could you describe the location of the rear seam or lack thereof? Thanks for the assist.

 

[303_enfield]

Those look like some contract 1958 magazines I've unwrapped. They are worth more (as a selling point) if you bundle them with the carriers.

Good luck.

 

[George Az]

Any help with WW I mags? The kind with the lanyard loop on the bottom?

 

[trigger643]

the seam, if there is one, will run vertically down the back of the magazine. I had to go back through another forum, but I think the spot welded ones are post-war commercial.

Here's a link to some similiar to yours.
Seriously.... WWI 1911 magazines?

 

[trigger643]

WWI 1911's and accoutrements were my specific area of focus. The WW2 stuff was just trading fodder for me.

Part of my collection before the great divorce of 2010...