1937 S/42 toggle "Dots"???

Zamo · 11-16-2007, 01:56 AM

While cleaning and fondling my beloved S/42, I took note of two previously unnoticed "dot" markings on the forward part of the toggle (not sure of the nomenclature of this part...help me here). I was wondering just what these dots denote.

Anybody care to enlighten the unenlightened?
Thanks in advance...

Zamo · 11-16-2007, 01:58 AM

...er, ah...I reckon that part might be called the "bolt". Just a wild guess on my part. Sorry, I wasn't thinking...again.

Dwight Gruber · 11-16-2007, 04:18 AM

Its the breechblock. And the "dots" are probably hardness tests.

--Dwight

Edward Tinker · 11-16-2007, 09:40 AM

spider bites from the south new zealand spider, very sharp teeth, known to bite through car doors

Pete Ebbink · 11-17-2007, 12:02 PM

You see these on Swiss M1929 Bern Lugers...hardness tests...similar to the Rockwell Hardness Test...

http://www.gordonengland.co.uk/hardness/rockwell.htm

Aaron · 11-17-2007, 03:42 PM

Far more frequently found on P38s.

11-16-2007, 01:56 AM	#1
Zamo User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Washington State Posts: 142 Thanks: 4 Thanked 13 Times in 9 Posts	1937 S/42 toggle "Dots"??? While cleaning and fondling my beloved S/42, I took note of two previously unnoticed "dot" markings on the forward part of the toggle (not sure of the nomenclature of this part...help me here). I was wondering just what these dots denote. Anybody care to enlighten the unenlightened? Thanks in advance...

11-16-2007, 09:40 AM	#4
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11-16-2007, 01:58 AM	#2
Zamo User Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Washington State Posts: 142 Thanks: 4 Thanked 13 Times in 9 Posts	...er, ah...I reckon that part might be called the "bolt". Just a wild guess on my part. Sorry, I wasn't thinking...again.

11-16-2007, 04:18 AM	#3
Dwight Gruber User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 3,908 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1,330 Times in 435 Posts	Its the breechblock. And the "dots" are probably hardness tests. --Dwight

11-17-2007, 12:02 PM	#5
Pete Ebbink User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The USA Posts: 5,919 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	You see these on Swiss M1929 Bern Lugers...hardness tests...similar to the Rockwell Hardness Test... http://www.gordonengland.co.uk/hardness/rockwell.htm

11-17-2007, 03:42 PM	#6
Aaron Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vista, CA Posts: 1,008 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	Far more frequently found on P38s.