Newbie Introduction and 1937 S-42 pics

[Sapper]

wlyon, John Sabato, FN, et al

OK I'm hooked. We've got possibly original black grips on the wrong pistol, a trigger sideplate that may have been altered, and metal finishing that makes no sense to anyone. My uncle says the pistol is in the same condition it was in when he received it from my grandfather. My uncle was also known to do some pretty inexplicable things in his younger years. I love a good mystery, and this one only makes the gun more valuable to me. I know I'll never recoup the money that I'll pay for a restoration, but I've never been interested in selling it anyway. My sincere thanks to everyone for taking a little time to help me.

Regards,

Sapper

[tau-delt]

Sapper.... FWIW I will tell you that the black grips were also used as replacement grips after roughly 1941. So they could have very well been put on during the war but were not on the gun when it left the Mauser factory in 1937.