New to Lugers... Need some guidance

sheepherder · 12-23-2010, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by boom23

I am looking into this one: http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=207061117.

Wow!!! $4100?!?! Way out of my interest range...Nice looking, but if I paid that much for it, it would be a safe queen...

OK, pessimistic nitpick time!!!

The font on the chamber date is quite different from my 1937 S/42...more squared off on the corners...

...and I don't see much or any tool marks anywhere...especially in the frame ear areas...

I don't know enough to yell "fake!" (or "refinished!"), but I would certainly check with the real experts here to get their opinions before shelling out $4100...

Edit: Here's my chamber date for comparison...

Norme · 12-23-2010, 10:29 AM

Hi Theo, Welcome to the forum. I'd stay away from this rig. The small parts have been re-strawed and the "matching magazine" is an armorer's replacement. You might try looking at Simpson Ltd's web site, they have many 1936 S/42s listed. They are not cheap, but their catalog descriptions are very reliable. Regards, Norm

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12-23-2010, 10:29 AM	#2
Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,607 Times in 933 Posts	Hi Theo, Welcome to the forum. I'd stay away from this rig. The small parts have been re-strawed and the "matching magazine" is an armorer's replacement. You might try looking at Simpson Ltd's web site, they have many 1936 S/42s listed. They are not cheap, but their catalog descriptions are very reliable. Regards, Norm