1936 Mauser S/42

John Sabato · 02-13-2008, 09:39 AM

No, John, but nice guess. Welcome to the Lugerforum!

Yours is in the 'n' series... this one is in the 'o' series, so you gun was made 10,002 guns before this one Why not 10,003? Because there is no militiary Mauser marked with serial number 10,000 or 0000 - the 'n' series would have ended with '9999 n' and the 'o' series would have started with "0001 o" This Luger was likely made a month or two after yours... Anyone who is tracking production numbers can give you a much better guess about when both of them were made.

02-13-2008, 09:39 AM	#27
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,156 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,309 Times in 1,098 Posts	No, John, but nice guess. Welcome to the Lugerforum! Yours is in the 'n' series... this one is in the 'o' series, so you gun was made 10,002 guns before this one Why not 10,003? Because there is no militiary Mauser marked with serial number 10,000 or 0000 - the 'n' series would have ended with '9999 n' and the 'o' series would have started with "0001 o" This Luger was likely made a month or two after yours... Anyone who is tracking production numbers can give you a much better guess about when both of them were made. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

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