1937 S/42 Help with ID

[Richard]

You guys are great. In response to your helpful replies I offer the following information:


Shadow: No offense taken about stating the obvious, I was just trying to get more specific information about my pistol. I read through some of the archives on gunandknives.com and previous posts on this forum and was confused by why I had straw parts where there should have been none. My engraving moment of madness has vanished. I looked and looked without a magnifying glass and could find no script letters anywhere. When I get a visual aid, I'll post if there is a script letter to be found.


Johnny Pepper: There are no marks inside the sideplate. The last 2 digits of the serial number are marked on the outside of the plate and they match all the other last two numbers. The straw parts I noted earlier are definitely all straw and numbered to match all the other small parts. the ejector(?) on the right side of the frame is almost a reddish/straw color. The extractor (on top of the toggle) is also definitely strawed.


bill m: See Johnny Pepper response above. No suffix anywhere.


Thor: I won't engrave it!


mlm: Again, no script letter. Maybe the origial magazine isn't cracked. I saw what appear to be diagonal cuts in the top of the magazine, at the upper end of the thumb button slot, on both sides of the magazine. I took them for cracks, but they appear to be intentionally created. The magazine is blued (fairly shiney) with an aluminum bottom. I couldn't find a serial number (where might it be located?).


NEW DEVELOPMENTS:


I think I may have discovered a fatal flaw. The trigger does not have the same number as all the other parts. It appears to have the nunber 03 or D3 on it.


The barrel also has the same serial number as the rest of the pistol, marked very faintly on the bottom of the barrel near the frame.


SUMMARY:


It appears that I have a 1937 S/42 pistol in the no suffix range, with a mismatched trigger and matching number straw parts that should not be there. Does the mismatch trigger destroy the guns value?


The mystery continues.

Thanks for any additional responses.


Richard