Worth of German Luger P08 - never been fired, all matching serial #s.

cnv2855 · 09-18-2010, 03:03 PM

It also has this on the box.

"S-42/38 (MAG or MAO [can't tell which the last letter is])" on top

1920 on side

A112 S#1284 O on other side.

Frank · 09-18-2010, 03:45 PM

cnv, thanks for the information. The serial number is 1284o and it was completed in January 1941. The next 1941 lugers were called 41 byf. The byf was located in the same position as the "42" on your pistol. There were about 12,000 of your type pistol produced.

Now the bad news. The magazines you have, while numbered to your pistol, are NOT correct. These magazines have been renumberd to match the numerical part of the serial number. The original magazines would be numbered 1284, with an "O" beneath it, and a "+" sign for the second or spare magazine.

It is difficult to give you more monetary information without many and more detailed pictures.

From the pictures you show, it appears to be a decent pistol.

cnv2855 · 09-18-2010, 04:03 PM

So Interarms faked the magazines when they imported the gun?

Edward Tinker · 09-18-2010, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cnv2855

So Interarms faked the magazines when they imported the gun?

no, they did not care, it was done by someone later

I will slowly look at the imageshack pictures, it is HIGHLY suggested that you post pictures here, I find that imageshack /photobucket pictures disappear in a short time.

Value of an import is approx about $600-$700, an extra magazine worth another $100

Ed

cnv2855 · 09-19-2010, 01:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Edward Tinker

no, they did not care, it was done by someone later

I will slowly look at the imageshack pictures, it is HIGHLY suggested that you post pictures here, I find that imageshack /photobucket pictures disappear in a short time.

Value of an import is approx about $600-$700, an extra magazine worth another $100

Ed

Why would it only be worth $600-700?

Would I be wrong in assuming that you are calling it an import because you think it was a production model in the 1970s? This isn't a real Luger made in 1941, and that the manufacturer of the pistol faked the markings? Did they tamper with the gun?

I've seen 30 year old guns and it definitely looks much older than that.

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09-18-2010, 03:03 PM	#1
cnv2855 User Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It also has this on the box. "S-42/38 (MAG or MAO [can't tell which the last letter is])" on top 1920 on side A112 S#1284 O on other side.

09-18-2010, 03:45 PM	#2
Frank RIP Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hot & Dry PHX, AZ Posts: 2,078 Thanks: 24 Thanked 166 Times in 87 Posts	cnv, thanks for the information. The serial number is 1284o and it was completed in January 1941. The next 1941 lugers were called 41 byf. The byf was located in the same position as the "42" on your pistol. There were about 12,000 of your type pistol produced. Now the bad news. The magazines you have, while numbered to your pistol, are NOT correct. These magazines have been renumberd to match the numerical part of the serial number. The original magazines would be numbered 1284, with an "O" beneath it, and a "+" sign for the second or spare magazine. It is difficult to give you more monetary information without many and more detailed pictures. From the pictures you show, it appears to be a decent pistol.

09-18-2010, 04:03 PM	#3
cnv2855 User Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	So Interarms faked the magazines when they imported the gun?