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Originally Posted by Gebirg
This pistol has an incredible story since 1945.
I just wonder, a 1940 code 42 with bakelit grips (type 2) serial is 5103 m.
This pistol was found in a barn, in a metall box - stored there since 1945. It was a payment for a job, this Luger came directly from the Germans to the farmer who put it there. When his sons should expand the barn in 2003 they found the box...
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Asle,
What a great find!
But you're right to worry about the black grips. And, you may have noticed the Type 6 magazine as well.
The m-block was late in the year so it may have had Walnut grips or perhaps the Brown Bakelite grips that Mauser got from HK.
The magazine would have been a Haenel 122 coded with Eagle 37 proofs and an aluminum base.
But, grips crack and are replaced and magazines get lost.
A great looking gun and an even greater story.
Thanks for sharing.
John