1938 S/42

[John D.]

First - Welcome to this Forum and congratulations on your purchase..


About your Luger - based on the information you supplied - according to Jan Still - there were approximately 113,000 1938 S/42 Lugers produced. Since you don't specify the serial number of yours - it could within several manufacturing "blocks". To see if one of your magazines actually "matches" - take a look on the front of the frame, and you will see what is most likely a 4 Digit serial number. Directly under that number - you should also see what looks like an "i" - if these numbers matches, then, yes - your magazine does "match". In short - the letter suffix on a Luger is as important as the numbers themselves - so both the "number" and the "letter" should match...


As for you holster - perhaps someone can jump in with more detail - but as I understand from previous posts - holsters were pulled from random, they they could have different dates to be a "proper rig" - but I'm the wrong person to ask on this