New Purchase 1939 S/42

quietman123 · 03-29-2012, 05:04 PM

Thanks guys. I honestly did not know it was police. I have researched a little today and will do more. As always I am very impressed with the level of expertise on various forums. Perhaps you all will chime in on a couple of questions. Several police pistols I have found have the Mauser logo on the toggle. I am guessing this is on the 42 models whereas maybe the S/42's do not have it. I read there may have been only 600 S/42 police guns made. Initially, I was disappointed that mine was not standard military. Now it seems I may have a rarer pistol due to scarcity and matching mag, etc. I found really an identical pistol on the following link http://shop.pre98.com/product.sc?productId=502. Wikipedia describes the German police as Gestapo, SIPO, etc. These guys were not writing speeding tickets. I really feel I got lucky on this one. Would anyone chime in on other likely police agencies that would have used this pistol? Would you all think this may be a unique buy, more so than an all matching military pistol? Thanks, I cannot wait to investigate this further.
Dan

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03-29-2012, 05:04 PM	#9
quietman123 User Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 39 Thanks: 14 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	Thanks guys. I honestly did not know it was police. I have researched a little today and will do more. As always I am very impressed with the level of expertise on various forums. Perhaps you all will chime in on a couple of questions. Several police pistols I have found have the Mauser logo on the toggle. I am guessing this is on the 42 models whereas maybe the S/42's do not have it. I read there may have been only 600 S/42 police guns made. Initially, I was disappointed that mine was not standard military. Now it seems I may have a rarer pistol due to scarcity and matching mag, etc. I found really an identical pistol on the following link http://shop.pre98.com/product.sc?productId=502. Wikipedia describes the German police as Gestapo, SIPO, etc. These guys were not writing speeding tickets. I really feel I got lucky on this one. Would anyone chime in on other likely police agencies that would have used this pistol? Would you all think this may be a unique buy, more so than an all matching military pistol? Thanks, I cannot wait to investigate this further. Dan