Need help identifying a Luger S/42

Mac Cat · 03-30-2024, 01:18 PM

It's a mixed-parts luger.

The receiver has a mixture of parts, but was likely a Navy with a 6" barrel and usually in 9mm.
If you can slide a No. 2 pencil in the barrel, it's probably 9mm.
The toggle is a Mauser from WW-2 as is the plastic bottom unmarked magazine.
The side plate is an Erfurt piece.

My guess is that the grips would match the receiver.
They appear to be dirty, but not chipped or cracked.
Be very careful when you remove them not to chip the left grip at the safety lever.
We like to push them out from the magazine well, doing the right grip first.
Numbered grips a valuable.

I think the frame might be a DWM - need to see more of it to be sure.
It's old, because the safe position is down.

This is potentially a good shooter and the individual parts may be more valuable than the whole pistol.

A navy toggle would have a 2-position rear sight, which this does not.

Welcome to the Forum - that's for sharing you luger !

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03-30-2024, 01:18 PM	#1
Mac Cat Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 751 Thanks: 2,157 Thanked 630 Times in 340 Posts	It's a mixed-parts luger. The receiver has a mixture of parts, but was likely a Navy with a 6" barrel and usually in 9mm. If you can slide a No. 2 pencil in the barrel, it's probably 9mm. The toggle is a Mauser from WW-2 as is the plastic bottom unmarked magazine. The side plate is an Erfurt piece. My guess is that the grips would match the receiver. They appear to be dirty, but not chipped or cracked. Be very careful when you remove them not to chip the left grip at the safety lever. We like to push them out from the magazine well, doing the right grip first. Numbered grips a valuable. I think the frame might be a DWM - need to see more of it to be sure. It's old, because the safe position is down. This is potentially a good shooter and the individual parts may be more valuable than the whole pistol. A navy toggle would have a 2-position rear sight, which this does not. Welcome to the Forum - that's for sharing you luger !