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Hello to all,
I would like to share with the forum members one of my new acquisitions. According to Joop & Don in their new book on page 482 & 483, there were only 200 of this variation produced. As pointed out in other threads, the barrel is salt blued and the frame is rust blued. Your comments are welcomed.

Mike

Outstanding Gun!!

Super nice!

Weaver's book "Mauser Pistolen" said about 80% of these pistols were C/C/U proofed, and 20% E/N proofed. Is this a C/C/U proofed one?

Sorry,
Limited to 10 photos. I have a picture of the proof on the reciever as well as the front sight base. Both proofs are C/C/U proof. Thanks for your interest.

Mike

in the recess at the thumb safety lever, there seems to be lots of peening.

did Mauser use frames that were previously marked with gesichert and peened that marking away and them apply the bare-metal marking the swiss liked to use ?

That's not peening. Those are machining marks from the router bit that has always been used to machine away metal in this area. A "Gesichert" has never been aplied to this area. It would be obvious to the owner if one had ever been present.

Beautiful pistol Mike. Thanks again for the S 42, it cleaned up nicely and is a sweet shooter. Vince

... :eek: ...A router bit??? I would think the meticulous Germans would have used a corner radius end mill to cut this recess... :confused:

Non machinist talk for the proper metal cutting tool used...

Mike,

That's a great find for sure.
Congratulations for showing us this rare bird.

Douglas

One fine Swiss Mike! Thanks for sharing.

My bad, Doug...I thought you had mechanical background - must have been another member... :(

But it is Swiss...maybe those cost conscious chocolate makers did use router bits... :rolleyes:

trigger lever has an unusual marking. anyone know what it means?

That's a Swiss proof. I'm totally ignorant of these markings, so I have no idea what the additional "CN" is. We have members on the site who will expand on this.

I would venture a guess that the CN are the initials of the Swiss Inspector of this part.

I bring tiding of great joy~~~. I sent this Luger to a well respected firearms company. Besides collecting and selling, he also offers an appraisal service. I sent this Luger to him for an appraisal. To my great surprise, it was announced to me that is would be-------well lets just say in five figures. WOW, I had no idea,

Mike

Trgger lever stamp...
 

Mike,

Here is an update information on the unusual stamp on trigger lever... an old friend, Pete Ebbink provided this information via email last night. Pete is also a well known collector of Swiss Lugers, and a former frequent contributor to the Lugerforum. :thumbup:

If you are watching... Thanks Pete! :cheers:

Hi John, It's nice to hear from Pete Ebbink again, even if it's only "second hand". He really is the go to guy when it comes to Swiss Lugers. Regards, Norm

I second that emotion.

PS. WOW my 1000th post!!! I'll be watching the mailbox for my Super Secret Lugerforum Decoder Ring. :D

Mike, you can start an album and add pics...More than 10...Or you can add pics to a second post in this thread...For a total of more than 10...

Nice looking Mauser...

I can't afford the book...Why the two different blueing methods on barrel & rest of the gun???