mauser

[lugersrkewl]

Does this look like original finish with the pictures provided?Can the grips be indentified as originals with the pics?
thanks

[Norme]

If the small parts are strawed, as they appear to be in the photos, then the gun has been refinished. The grips look like repros to me.
Regards, Norm

[lugersrkewl]

dip blue after 37 , the grips are too nice look like waffle cone too thin.... thanks

when it comes to purchasing I forget everything I learnt and feel helpless! Im glad I am part of this forum.

[ithacaartist]

Skye,

The give-away for these repro grips is the rounded top left corner of the left grip.

D.P.

[johnii]

I see a lot of plum color here. Who cares if the grips are after market. It seems most Lugers have the safety chip that takes out the left handle. Who cares? By now you have a Mauser with replaced grips. Do all parts match?

[johnii]

Here are Mausers S/42 issued:



Above is 1937 with the chip in the original wood. The wood is serial numbered to the 1937. On the INSIDE.

Below is the 1936 with replaced grips without the chip in the safety.

Both are S/42 Mausers issued to Third Reich soldiers. All matching parts in metal by the way.....

[John Sabato]

Refinished. Bluing solution was at the wrong temperature or weak... PLUM is Not original finish... repro grips look at the difference in the checkering between the original grips and repro shown above. Major difference in the number of lines per inch...

[johnii]

Originally Posted by John Sabato

Refinished. Bluing solution was at the wrong temperature or weak... PLUM is Not original finish... repro grips look at the difference in the checkering between the original grips and repro shown above. Major difference in the number of lines per inch...

Exactly. My 1937 has original grips marked with the gun.

My 1936 does not have original grips. It was reblued. I don't care. All parts match. As all parts on the 1937. The 1937 was NOT reblued.

Both function with Federal 115gr HOLLOW POINTS. They both WORK with regular ammunition. They both shoot high at 25 yards. They are both accurate without windage complication. They both shoot straight.

My 1937 is serial number 4068 with suffix "b". My 1936 is serial number 1288 WITHOUT suffix.

So far no one seems to know about my 1936 on this forum except to say the holster is a cheap repro. I don't give a d about the holster added. I don't care about holsters. I bought it for all matching parts. And it shoots just fine. Safe queens are not my buy in P-08s. I like firing them and shooting them. The rest can be left to an expense never to be relied upon to shoot. The rest are subject to breaking apart and being less valuable to the owners. I shoot all of my guns and I will enjoy shooting instead of collecting relics too expensive to test fire with a couple of 50 round boxes of ammunition made today.

Some "a" whole said I was acting like a 15 year old in my posts. I am a collector only of weapons I can rely upon with factory ammunition. I will not send any gun into a safe that I own. I am practical. I like WORKING guns. If guns do not work they are garbage to me.

[alanint]

It really isn't necessary to repeat your entire collecting and shooting philosophy in every other post that you make.

We get it.