Back with an S/42

Frank · 09-03-2011, 09:51 AM

Parabellus, sorry to have to tell you, but the magazine, while may have the correct number & letter suffix, it has the wrong Waffenamt Mark. The magazine you show has stick wing eagle over 63. ALL 1936 Military Mausers have droop wing eagle over 63 Inspection Marks.

Otherwise, it looks like a nice 1936 S/42 Luger.

Norme · 09-03-2011, 03:55 PM

Hi Frank, This magazine does not look messed with to me, and I think you will have to agree that the odds against a later magazine showing up with the very same serial number and suffix as Russel's gun are very high. Have you considered the possibility that the change from droop eagle/63 to stick eagle/63 inspection marks occurred earlier on magazines than on guns, perhaps much earlier? I own a later gun, a 2nd Variation 1937 S/42 with droop eagle marks, whose matching magazine, like Russel's, is stick eagle marked. Best regards, Norm

Frank · 09-03-2011, 07:28 PM

norme, well I almost never say never! But, the DE/63 magazines started about 6700d in the 1935 (G-Date) production and lasted until around 1000r of the 1937 production. Thus ALL of the 1936 production should be DE/63 Waffenamt Marked.

Regarding your 1937 magazine. The SE/63 magazines started around S/N 1r. The pistols were marked DE/63 & DE/63 from about 6300p until about 6000y, then they were marked SE/63 & DE/63 until about 1 ns. After that, until the end of the 1937 production, the inspection marks were SE/63 & SE/63.

Your X-Block 1937 should be marked with a double DE/63, while the magazine should be marked SE/63.

I would say it is about as possible to find a match of a 1938 magazine to a 1936 pistol, except the Waffenamt, as it is to located an exact match. Difficult, but possible!! I have found four matches for my Lugers.

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09-03-2011, 09:51 AM	#1
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	Parabellus, sorry to have to tell you, but the magazine, while may have the correct number & letter suffix, it has the wrong Waffenamt Mark. The magazine you show has stick wing eagle over 63. ALL 1936 Military Mausers have droop wing eagle over 63 Inspection Marks. Otherwise, it looks like a nice 1936 S/42 Luger.

09-03-2011, 07:28 PM	#3
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	norme, well I almost never say never! But, the DE/63 magazines started about 6700d in the 1935 (G-Date) production and lasted until around 1000r of the 1937 production. Thus ALL of the 1936 production should be DE/63 Waffenamt Marked. Regarding your 1937 magazine. The SE/63 magazines started around S/N 1r. The pistols were marked DE/63 & DE/63 from about 6300p until about 6000y, then they were marked SE/63 & DE/63 until about 1 ns. After that, until the end of the 1937 production, the inspection marks were SE/63 & SE/63. Your X-Block 1937 should be marked with a double DE/63, while the magazine should be marked SE/63. I would say it is about as possible to find a match of a 1938 magazine to a 1936 pistol, except the Waffenamt, as it is to located an exact match. Difficult, but possible!! I have found four matches for my Lugers.