WW1 Erfurt stamped S/42?

ViciousOutlaw · 03-02-2011, 02:57 PM

So as you can see my WW1 Erfurt is stamped S/42 on the barrel. There are no WW2 markings anywhere else on the handgun. The witness mark seems legitimate and the SN matches. Any ideas gentlemen?

Neil Young · 03-02-2011, 04:00 PM

I understand from previous forum discussions that some armorers replacement parts were marked with S/42. Perhaps that is what this is.

Neil

John Sabato · 03-03-2011, 07:53 AM

That is exactly what it is... your Luger had it's barrel replaced with a barrel produced by Mauser.

ViciousOutlaw · 03-03-2011, 10:12 AM

Thanks everybody. So was it common during wartime to add the guns serial number to the replacement barrel?

03-02-2011, 02:57 PM	#1
ViciousOutlaw User Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 14 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	WW1 Erfurt stamped S/42? So as you can see my WW1 Erfurt is stamped S/42 on the barrel. There are no WW2 markings anywhere else on the handgun. The witness mark seems legitimate and the SN matches. Any ideas gentlemen? Attached Images

03-02-2011, 04:00 PM	#2
Neil Young Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Scottsboro, Alabama Posts: 547 Thanks: 566 Thanked 443 Times in 168 Posts	I understand from previous forum discussions that some armorers replacement parts were marked with S/42. Perhaps that is what this is. Neil __________________ Neil The hurrier I go the behinder I get. Sometimes it takes me all day to get nothing done.

03-03-2011, 07:53 AM	#3
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,155 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	That is exactly what it is... your Luger had it's barrel replaced with a barrel produced by Mauser. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

03-03-2011, 10:12 AM	#4
ViciousOutlaw User Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 14 Thanks: 2 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks everybody. So was it common during wartime to add the guns serial number to the replacement barrel?