Interesting Black Widow I saw.

RylanBrissette · 03-14-2007, 08:01 PM

Hey guys,

I saw an interesting Black Widow for sale at a local gun show. It was an all matching byf. I noticed the side plate was stamped with 2 numbers I forget what they were, but then the letter "S" was stamped becide it. I remembered a similar question on a different post. Is the "S" indicating a Mauser replacement part? And I thought mauser replacement parts were stamped "S 42" or "42 S". Did they have a range of numbers for the replacement parts? Also, the luger had the Black plastic grips but they had a circle shape towards the top in the middle of the grip. Am I losing my mind, or did someone say that, that was a post-war replacement part?

Also it had the "X" by the serial number, is this a deffinet Russian capture or did other countrys use this symbol aswell?

Thanks Guys.

Guntoter · 03-15-2007, 08:00 PM

That sounds like an East German rework/reissue. There might be some other inspection marks stamped on it also.

Lugerdoc · 03-16-2007, 07:58 AM

Rylan, The grips are DDR and the side plate is probably from a K date (1934) PO8. Sound like a DDR rework. TH

03-14-2007, 08:01 PM	#1
RylanBrissette User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 189 Thanks: 4 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Interesting Black Widow I saw. Hey guys, I saw an interesting Black Widow for sale at a local gun show. It was an all matching byf. I noticed the side plate was stamped with 2 numbers I forget what they were, but then the letter "S" was stamped becide it. I remembered a similar question on a different post. Is the "S" indicating a Mauser replacement part? And I thought mauser replacement parts were stamped "S 42" or "42 S". Did they have a range of numbers for the replacement parts? Also, the luger had the Black plastic grips but they had a circle shape towards the top in the middle of the grip. Am I losing my mind, or did someone say that, that was a post-war replacement part? Also it had the "X" by the serial number, is this a deffinet Russian capture or did other countrys use this symbol aswell? Thanks Guys.

03-15-2007, 08:00 PM	#2
Guntoter User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 21 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	That sounds like an East German rework/reissue. There might be some other inspection marks stamped on it also. __________________ Trust me, I'm with the Government.

03-16-2007, 07:58 AM	#3
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 737 Times in 484 Posts	Rylan, The grips are DDR and the side plate is probably from a K date (1934) PO8. Sound like a DDR rework. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net