1940 code"42" in 7.65

gill120 · 09-21-2012, 05:50 PM

The barrel is coded and matched to the rest of the pistol. The barrel guage is also 9MM. More than likely a typo on the paperwork. Have you checked to see if it chambers a 9MM? I doubt that the barrel has been sleeved to 7.65 luger.

sheepherder · 09-21-2012, 06:10 PM

Hmph! That does look like a "6,81"...The first & second number stamps are different...However, my 7.65 Luger commercial barrel measures 7.60mm land-to-land, not 6.81mm...But "8,81" would be a 9mm barrel...

It could have been sleeved...Lots of basement gunhacks do sleeving...

Bruce, you don't have to hide the serial number...the original owner died long ago and his government is not likely to want it back...

09-21-2012, 06:10 PM	#2
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,197 Thanks: 1,416 Thanked 4,462 Times in 2,336 Posts	Hmph! That does look like a "6,81"...The first & second number stamps are different...However, my 7.65 Luger commercial barrel measures 7.60mm land-to-land, not 6.81mm...But "8,81" would be a 9mm barrel... It could have been sleeved...Lots of basement gunhacks do sleeving... Bruce, you don't have to hide the serial number...the original owner died long ago and his government is not likely to want it back... __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

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09-21-2012, 05:50 PM	#1
gill120 User Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 95 Thanks: 1 Thanked 18 Times in 11 Posts	The barrel is coded and matched to the rest of the pistol. The barrel guage is also 9MM. More than likely a typo on the paperwork. Have you checked to see if it chambers a 9MM? I doubt that the barrel has been sleeved to 7.65 luger.