1939 / 42 Code / SN 6005W Review

[Desperado]

Like you, I'm still 'lurking and learning' on these boards, but from my limited knowledge, congratulations on finding a nice first luger. Its addictive, by-the-way. They are beautiful pieces of engineering.

If the toggle pin miss match bothers you (doesn't make any difference for a shooter as long as it functions well) be aware that one out of every hundred pistols produced had an 05 on the toggle pin. Watch EBay and advertise in the Want To Buy sections of both Luger boards for a 05 numbered toggle pin. Doing this, I found a properly marked pin for my BYF 41 at a reasonable price from a gentleman in Poland. Others on this board had bought from him and thought highly of him, so I wasn't too worried and the price was reasonable.

If you are planning to shoot the pistol, keep the 25 toggle pin until you are certain that any 05 replacement that you find works as well in the pistol as the 25.

Doug

[Oldreb]

Doug, thanks for your reply. An excellent piece of advice about securing an "05" vs "25" toggle pin -- I suspect it would have taken a long time for that idea to come to me on my own !! To be honest, I completly missed the toggle pin mis-number at the Gun Show -- I know I checked it but guess I saw the "5" and missed the "2" !! Was concentrating to much on the under barrel inspector numbers and the interior side plate numbering I suppose.
Best Regards,
Wayne

[Oldreb]

A question -- I have been reading numerous posts this morning about the 1939 Code 42 lugers and happened upon a post by Jan Still dated 5/19/10 titled "Variations of 42 Code Lugers". Under the section titled "1939 42 Code Variations" he states that the SE/63 -- SE/655 in the "W" series fell within the SN range 4540W - 6269W with an estimated production of approx 2000. Given that the SN to my Luger is 6005W am I correct in concluding that it is one of the 2,000 estimated to have been produced so marked ?? If so, does this have any bearing on value / use as a frequent shooter etc ??

Thanks,
Wayne