Small piece of paper in grip/mag well

joemuley · 01-24-2011, 11:17 PM

OK, I'm new to the forum. I inherited a '41 luger and stuck it in the safe some years ago. My dad had it for ... maybe 20 years prior and I'm sure he purchased as a collector's model. I've not shot it and over the years, haven't really acknowledged it's existence until this weekend's gun cleaning day. I looked it over and had accumulated quite a bit of dust. Has some bluing worn off the butt & barrel, but no rust & in pretty good shape. Numbers match except for mag. I pulled off the grips and found this (see attached pic). If my math is right, and this piece of paper was inserted upon manufacturing, it's roughly 70 years old, but doesn't look it. I've searched high & low but haven't seen any threads on similar. It appears to me to be an inspection stamp (again, piece of paper inserted under the grip). Has anyone seen this before?

01-24-2011, 11:17 PM	#1
joemuley New User Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 3 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Small piece of paper in grip/mag well OK, I'm new to the forum. I inherited a '41 luger and stuck it in the safe some years ago. My dad had it for ... maybe 20 years prior and I'm sure he purchased as a collector's model. I've not shot it and over the years, haven't really acknowledged it's existence until this weekend's gun cleaning day. I looked it over and had accumulated quite a bit of dust. Has some bluing worn off the butt & barrel, but no rust & in pretty good shape. Numbers match except for mag. I pulled off the grips and found this (see attached pic). If my math is right, and this piece of paper was inserted upon manufacturing, it's roughly 70 years old, but doesn't look it. I've searched high & low but haven't seen any threads on similar. It appears to me to be an inspection stamp (again, piece of paper inserted under the grip). Has anyone seen this before?