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[SteveM]

I do not know why the sideplates were marked in this manner. Maybe someone else on the board knows.


The E/655 is an acceptance stamp, not a proof mark. The proof mark for army test is the Eagle over Swastika.The grips on mine are original to the gun and yes, they are walnut. Plastic grips will not be numbered or have any acceptance stamp. Mine is in the k suffix range. Yours would be proper with no suffix as the serial range for these are 7700z to 7000n with estimated production being app 135K. According to still, about 2% of these have the

black plastic grips while a very few have Krieghoff type coarse brown checkered grips.


The recent thread you refer to concerning wood versus plastic was on the byf 42 pistols(Black Widows,pistols dated 42). Just so there is no confusion, above information is on 42 coded 1940 dated pistols.


SteveM