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Johnny Peppers · 07-30-2001, 12:12 AM

The 1939 S/42 was made from the n thru the r suffix block, and the letter you are seeing could very well be a q. The letter suffix is a part of the serial number. A few of the 1939 S/42's were police pistols which have a sear safety. The original magazine would have been an aluminum base magazine with a folded sheetmetal body.

A few months back your pistol would have been in the $550/600 price range, but with the imported Lugers coming in pressure has been put on these original matching pistols in 75/80% remaining finish pushing their price up. If your pistol is totally matching, and you will have to take it down to determine this, you got no bargain but who knows by this time next year. Just enjoy it.

07-30-2001, 12:12 AM	#5
Johnny Peppers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Calion, Arkansas Posts: 1,042 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: luger pricing?? The 1939 S/42 was made from the n thru the r suffix block, and the letter you are seeing could very well be a q. The letter suffix is a part of the serial number. A few of the 1939 S/42's were police pistols which have a sear safety. The original magazine would have been an aluminum base magazine with a folded sheetmetal body. A few months back your pistol would have been in the $550/600 price range, but with the imported Lugers coming in pressure has been put on these original matching pistols in 75/80% remaining finish pushing their price up. If your pistol is totally matching, and you will have to take it down to determine this, you got no bargain but who knows by this time next year. Just enjoy it.