New/Old Commercial Model - Info Requested

MFC · 06-28-2009, 03:20 PM

Rich,
The barrel crown should be in the white on all rust blue variations. Your S/42 must be made after mid 1937, which is when they started to salt blue everything... small parts which were previously strawed, internals and barrel crown.
I've noticed the font difference on all of the 'n' suffix Alphabet commercials. I don't know why.

alvin · 06-28-2009, 04:34 PM

I still assume the barrel of this gun was replaced. Witness mark is questionable, and that's not alone. The color of the barrel and receiver is so unbalanced. The quality of the job was super, indeed, probably a "reconditioned" Luger done in the factory. I don't know how German installing barrels. It must be installed using a special tool which US gunsmith do not have -- they could install it once without leaving marks (original gun), then they could install it twice or more times without leaving marks (reconditioned gun). Looks being a factory reworked gun.

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Also, thanks for the cornellpub link. I will make a collection of those catalogs. Slowly.

06-28-2009, 03:20 PM	#1
MFC User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Louisiana Posts: 1,237 Thanks: 183 Thanked 281 Times in 162 Posts	Rich, The barrel crown should be in the white on all rust blue variations. Your S/42 must be made after mid 1937, which is when they started to salt blue everything... small parts which were previously strawed, internals and barrel crown. I've noticed the font difference on all of the 'n' suffix Alphabet commercials. I don't know why. __________________ Mike C.

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06-28-2009, 04:34 PM	#2
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	I still assume the barrel of this gun was replaced. Witness mark is questionable, and that's not alone. The color of the barrel and receiver is so unbalanced. The quality of the job was super, indeed, probably a "reconditioned" Luger done in the factory. I don't know how German installing barrels. It must be installed using a special tool which US gunsmith do not have -- they could install it once without leaving marks (original gun), then they could install it twice or more times without leaving marks (reconditioned gun). Looks being a factory reworked gun. ==== Also, thanks for the cornellpub link. I will make a collection of those catalogs. Slowly.