S/42 with alloy frame?

drbuster · 02-26-2011, 08:26 PM

Philip, no original luger ever left the factory with a six digit serial number. That #394277 has to be a fantasy stamping. The frame is probably not part of the original luger so the only other place the full original serial number would have been stamped is under the barrel close to where it is screwed into the frame, providing of course, the barrel is original. The "G", as I'm sure you know, was a Mauser code for 1935. It would be nice to clear this situation up once and for all by getting and posting some clear photographs.

02-26-2011, 08:26 PM	#11
drbuster User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: San Mateo, California Posts: 1,432 Thanks: 2 Thanked 71 Times in 56 Posts	Philip, no original luger ever left the factory with a six digit serial number. That #394277 has to be a fantasy stamping. The frame is probably not part of the original luger so the only other place the full original serial number would have been stamped is under the barrel close to where it is screwed into the frame, providing of course, the barrel is original. The "G", as I'm sure you know, was a Mauser code for 1935. It would be nice to clear this situation up once and for all by getting and posting some clear photographs.