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Unread 09-21-2013, 09:10 AM   #3
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Your Luger is a 42 code(Mauser) dated 1939. It is a Russian capture piece that went through an armory where it received a dip blue and new grips(and replaced parts if necessary). The "x" on the frame is an indicator of previous Russian capture/arsenal rebuild. The magazine is a Mauser mag but it is not proper for 1939. It looks like there may be an importers mark stamped on underside of barrel.

The takedown lever and the extractor appear to have had the numbers peened out but everything else looks pretty good. Most of these you see didn't fare so well and have been force matched with electro penciled numbers. I would disassemble it, clean it up and re-oil. You can release the firing pin gently by pulling slightly back on the toggle and then press the trigger while at the same time letting the toggle back down. If you are going to shoot it I would find a MecGar magazine and put the other one away. That mag can be worth up to a couple hundred bucks depending on overall condition.
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