S/42 "g" date

[marine kabar]

Originally Posted by Jack Lawman

Setting your digital camera on "macro" (usually depicted by a flower silhouette) allows you take close up shots. We all like to see pictures of lugers and their markings, and good pics elicit good info from the members.

Jack

I'm having to make do with a borrowed digital camera but will try to come up with some good pics. It's a pistol that at first glance isn't one to generate a lot of excitement. Although it has good finish on top of the receiver and on the barrel the rest of it is bare steel. When an antique dealer friend showed it to me I thought to myself.....no big deal. But then I took another look and noticed a few things. For one thing, all the numbers matched and it was in excellent mechanical condition and not a rattletrap like so many of them are with parts falling off them. And I noticed the bore was near mint. So I made him an offer for it. After I cleaned it up and got the grease off the wood grips it's not mint but ain't too shabby, especially for what I paid for it. My chances of ever owning a "minty" one of these are slim and none...so I'm happy with it. I looked for a holster and found a good deal on a nice clean 1936 date and picked up two proper magazines from a guy on this forum.

Greg