What is the correct tool markings for a
 

1939 code 42 Luger? I'm talking about the tool that goes in the holster pocket on top flap.
Steve

Hi Steve, You want a tool like this, SE/655 (Stick Eagle/655).
Regards, Norm

Thank you, sir.
Steve

I would think a SE/63 with the large 63 would also be correct.

Seems to be some difference of opinion, here? Anyway, thanks to all who contributed to this discussion.
Steve

Steve, look at your gun, if it has SE/655 inspection marks, as my 1939 42 has, then you need an SE/655 tool.
Regards, Norm

Steve,

What you are seeing is an every day occurrence in Luger collecting and the provision of answers to questions by others.

The more information you have; the more accurate can be the responses. As you may know, 1939 was a year of many changes; and not all of them synchronized.

A SE63 or SE655 are both correct. The phasing of your precise serial number will make one or the other more correct.

The acceptance marks on your particular gun are also a factor in determining the probability of which tool mark is more correct.

Thus going in with a question that was stated. I have a 1939 42 code with the SN vvvvv, and acceptance proofs SE63 SE63 or SE63 SE655 or SE655 SE 655 would have elicited a more precise response right out of the box.

But over riding everything else is the fact that gun makers and ordnance depots waste nothing and throw nothing away unless it has been condemned. They were not making collector pieces; they were making war guns. Thus if a barrel of old SE63 inspected tools was found, they were used. Basically anything used up to the manufacture of a gun is potentially what it was issued with. Yon can even find magazines with acceptance marks that differ to the gun but are serial numbered to it.


Add to this the phasing differences of manufacture, delays in shipping, etc., it can become very difficult to tie all components to a specific rig in the best of circumstances and even more difficult in a year of many changes happening over a period of time,

Hope this helps.

John

A truly good and valuable answer to an often asked question.

Yes, John, I think you've answered a lot of my question's variables. Thanks again to all responders.
Steve

If this is to go with the Luger he recently purchased from me, the Waffenamts on the right side of the upper receiver are SE63, SE63. The pistol is an "r" block.