Newbie Introduction and 1937 S-42 pics

Sapper · 07-16-2010, 12:54 PM

FN,

Yeah, you guys got me. I guess I'm not clear about tau-delt's post. My current hold-open is most likely a Simson replacement either used to repair my pistol at some point or sent to the Mauser factory as an overrun. But wouldn't Mauser still have produced a numbered original hold-open for my pistol? Or would that part have been omitted from the production cycle because they had a quantity of Simson hold-opens on hand for use in assembly? I know we'll never know the answer to these questions as they relate to my pistol, but if I did have any intention of selling it -- is it possible that my metal parts might have been all original from the factory but non-matching (because of the hold-open and the Simson overruns) and therefore not as valuable?

Regards,

Sapper

07-16-2010, 12:54 PM	#23
Sapper User Join Date: Jun 2010 Posts: 19 Thanks: 3 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	FN, Yeah, you guys got me. I guess I'm not clear about tau-delt's post. My current hold-open is most likely a Simson replacement either used to repair my pistol at some point or sent to the Mauser factory as an overrun. But wouldn't Mauser still have produced a numbered original hold-open for my pistol? Or would that part have been omitted from the production cycle because they had a quantity of Simson hold-opens on hand for use in assembly? I know we'll never know the answer to these questions as they relate to my pistol, but if I did have any intention of selling it -- is it possible that my metal parts might have been all original from the factory but non-matching (because of the hold-open and the Simson overruns) and therefore not as valuable? Regards, Sapper