[Italy] Found a Luger on a lake bottom.

Nick_70 · 11-20-2006, 07:14 AM

Hi all,

I'm an Italian diver and found this pistol underwater, on one of the Italian's lakes bottom.

I would really appreciate your help in finding out some of the history of this gun, if it's possible. But, not for collection or shooting reason, because unfortunately the gun is a "wreck", means that it was rendered unusable by torning and benting it badly.

The Barrel is missing with a part of the chaber/frame that was torn out. The handle-grip (?) is badly bented and the wood grips are gone. Also the Barrel-Receiver group is badly smashed with the frame, impossible to dissasemble it.

Reading some of the thread of this serious and knoledgeable Forum I was able to locate some ID marks on the Gun, but I'm attaching one pic that I hope would say more then my bad English (I have more, if needed).

The Toggle is marked as "S/42" while most of the other parts are marked as "33". The Trigger is marked "35". There is also a mark on the handle-grip(?) that say "0(?).M9.15."

What do you think?

Tks in advance for any help on this!

Bye, Nick

11-20-2006, 07:14 AM	#1
Nick_70 User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Milan, Italy Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	[Italy] Found a Luger on a lake bottom. Hi all, I'm an Italian diver and found this pistol underwater, on one of the Italian's lakes bottom. I would really appreciate your help in finding out some of the history of this gun, if it's possible. But, not for collection or shooting reason, because unfortunately the gun is a "wreck", means that it was rendered unusable by torning and benting it badly. The Barrel is missing with a part of the chaber/frame that was torn out. The handle-grip (?) is badly bented and the wood grips are gone. Also the Barrel-Receiver group is badly smashed with the frame, impossible to dissasemble it. Reading some of the thread of this serious and knoledgeable Forum I was able to locate some ID marks on the Gun, but I'm attaching one pic that I hope would say more then my bad English (I have more, if needed). The Toggle is marked as "S/42" while most of the other parts are marked as "33". The Trigger is marked "35". There is also a mark on the handle-grip(?) that say "0(?).M9.15." What do you think? Tks in advance for any help on this! Bye, Nick Attached Images