1936 S/42 - Mixed Parts? Very Large Pics
 

I have an S/42 that has been in our family for many years. Its marked as a 1936 and all of the markings and serial seem to agree with this.

All of the numbers match except the extractor - which appears to have the number 24 scratched out. The extractor is also the plum color that I believe did not start showing up until 1938.

It also does not have any straw colored parts. They may have been blued after the gun was made, but I have seen several 1936 models that also seem to have a mysterious lack of straw.

I am now asking for any info you can give me on my Luger. It will never be sold, and will probably never be fired. It means a lot to me and I just want to know evertything about it. Thanks for any help! If you need other pictures, let me know. These were my first attempt to photograph a gun, so I apologize for any blems. I really apologize to any dial up users.

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Hi,

The gun has been reblued and refinished. Whoever did the extractor modification was not the most gifted gunsmith. The plum color is the result of some blueing application issues.

A normal 1936 would have the small parts (trigger, takedown lever, safety) strawed rather than blued.

Overall it's a very nice gun, but it's 'shooter grade'.

Nice pictures. What kind of camera did you use?

Mike

Welcome to the forum. Nice pictures, however, please resize them and POST THEM HERE ON THIS FORUM.


Admin

Will resize and post them here as a reference for future owners. What are the dimension and size limits? These were all shot with a Canon 20D and Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro and run through PS CS4 for processing. Definitely not my best work, but not bad for shooting hand held in the kitchen on white poster board.

When you click on Manage Attachments you will see this: