S/42 with alloy frame?

bearthompson · 02-18-2011, 10:45 PM

I've found a 9mm Mauser S/42 with steel slide and a flat/non-glossy (aluminum?) alloy frame. Serial numbers on frame and slide are 394277; barrel/slide marked with letter "G," 69, and S/42; also has markings 11/154, S92, and an eagle proof mark. Is this gun a fake -- perhaps a genuine slide/barrel fitted to a frame handmade by some skilled gunsmith (of which there are plenty here in the Philippines)?

02-18-2011, 10:45 PM	#1
bearthompson User Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 9 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	S/42 with alloy frame? I've found a 9mm Mauser S/42 with steel slide and a flat/non-glossy (aluminum?) alloy frame. Serial numbers on frame and slide are 394277; barrel/slide marked with letter "G," 69, and S/42; also has markings 11/154, S92, and an eagle proof mark. Is this gun a fake -- perhaps a genuine slide/barrel fitted to a frame handmade by some skilled gunsmith (of which there are plenty here in the Philippines)?