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Unread 01-28-2004, 03:19 PM   #3
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Angel,

welcome to the Lugerforum...

There is something wrong with your image... I can't get it to come up. Please upload it again and copy and paste the URL into your next posting... If you can't make it post, I can. As long as you have the URL correct. One way to check is to paste the URL into a new browser window and press return... your photo should appear in that browser. If it doesn't, then there is something wrong with the URL you have provided. Probably a misspelling or something like that. If you cut and paste the URL from the upload page, after you have successfully uploaded a photo you should have no problem.

Now in answer to some of your questions.

1936 is the year of manufacture and it was made by Mauser.

Someone else will have to comment on whether or not the magazine you have is the correct type for your pistol...

If the number under the barrel is 1490, then the serial number on the left side of the upper receiver (near the chamber) and the serial number on the front of the grip frame should all be 1490. If it is missing from any of those locations or diferent from 1490 then there is a good chance that it is not all matching.

There should also be a small alphabetic character under the serial number on the grip frame... this letter is part of the serial number. The letter changed every time they reached the top limit (either 9999 or 10000 in some cases) and then started back at 0001.

Don Hallock maintains a magazine registry and charges for a subscription to his list. He is a member of this forum and he has been doing this for years. The chances of matching up a magazine with a particular and correct gun are slim, but not impossible.

If the gun truely has most of it's original finish, and hasn't been reblued or touched up, and is really matching numbers then $700 is probably not too far out of line on a value. But if it isn't really matching numbers, or has been reblued, or touched up, then the value drops dramatically...
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