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MauserLugers · 12-26-2002, 03:17 PM

Hi,
Although the 42/42 is shown in books and there were probably a few of them assembled as mentioned in Jan Still's book, most seen today are recent assembled examples. As far as I know there are no known established serial number ranges which means anything is probable. Most of these you see today have been assembled post WWII. There are so many shooters available today and all one has to do is find a toggle with the right last two digits and you have an "out of sequence" example. Again, this goes back to the same thing as the recent thread about tools and SS marked Lugers, there are more fakes than real examples and there is no way to know which is really a true example. As far as price is concerned, a lot of value has dropped on this example do to the above mentioned information. No one wants to pay a premium for something that no one is sure is actually correct. Hope you had a Merry, Merry X-mas.

12-26-2002, 03:17 PM	#4
MauserLugers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Philipsburg, Montana 59858 Posts: 250 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 1 Post	Hi, Although the 42/42 is shown in books and there were probably a few of them assembled as mentioned in Jan Still's book, most seen today are recent assembled examples. As far as I know there are no known established serial number ranges which means anything is probable. Most of these you see today have been assembled post WWII. There are so many shooters available today and all one has to do is find a toggle with the right last two digits and you have an "out of sequence" example. Again, this goes back to the same thing as the recent thread about tools and SS marked Lugers, there are more fakes than real examples and there is no way to know which is really a true example. As far as price is concerned, a lot of value has dropped on this example do to the above mentioned information. No one wants to pay a premium for something that no one is sure is actually correct. Hope you had a Merry, Merry X-mas.