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Pete Ebbink 09-24-2002 10:08 PM

1937 HK Luger # 7542 On Auction...
 
For those of you tracking HK luger serials,...# 7542 is on an auction site and is reblued...

http://www.auctionarms.com/search/di...temNum=3277134

Regards,

Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />

John D. 09-25-2002 08:04 PM

Thanks Pete....

Yes, the trigger, safety, etc. should be strawed. Thanks for the heads-up, I've not had time to check the Auction Sites for a while, so I probably would have missed this one..!

Best to you,

John D.

P. Ristan 09-27-2002 10:55 AM

I'm no expert on Krieghoff's, but is it correct that the sideplate on this gun is numbered on the outside??
Should it not be numbered internally??
Just asking because I'm curious... [img]confused.gif[/img]

Pete Ebbink 09-29-2002 04:31 PM

Hello Peter,

Good question about sideplate serial numbering...

From Pages 102-105 in R. Gibson's book, The Luger Parabellum, here is my limited knowledge :

1. Up to serial # 2500, HK lugers were serial marked in the Early numbering style; there after the Late Nubmering style. But since HK took guns out of sequence in the production, this # 2500 is not very "black and white".

2. A sideplate for a gun serialed in the Early style should have the last 2-digits of the serial number on the outside and the first part of the serial number on the inside.

3. A sideplate for a gun serialed in the Late style would only have the last digits of the serial number on the inside only.

4. On page 105, R. Gibson does mention a "Late Variant Numbering Style"; that is guns in the Late style that show some traits of the Early style. He mentions HK lugers # 3950 and # 4080, that do have exterior side plate serial number stamping.

The last option for this gun on the auction site might be that it has a replacement sideplate, which just happened to have the correct "42". All HK sideplates should have an HK LWaA proof mark on the inside surface...

Regards,

Pete... <img src="graemlins/yltype.gif" border="0" alt="[typing]" />

Thor 09-29-2002 04:35 PM

Another Baby is delivered!
Krieg Baby


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