42 - 1940 c Block Magazine Question

Quiet1 · 06-03-2015, 04:55 PM

Once again please indulge my calling on the forum's collective knowledge, expertise and experience with a naive question.

The answer may be obvious but, since I've begun searching for a magazine that's "close" to my Luger's SN and block letter, I'm no longer certain of precisely what I'm looking for.

My 42 series 1940 is serial number 4897c.

Can someone please inform me of exactly what stampings and markings, and where they should be located, on an original magazine correct for this gun?

Thanks in advance for any information.

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guns3545 · 06-03-2015, 05:49 PM

Lance,

Your c-block gun could be correct with a properly serialized Mauser folded metal blue body magazine with the full serial number and SE655 on the base.

But also used in this time frame, i.e. c-block, was the Haenel magazine (sometimes incorrectly called the extruded body) with zig-zag spring, and the Haenel code 122 on the body together with the Eagle 37 acceptance stamp. The Eagle 37 may also occasionally be seen on the concave pinned aluminum base base where the full serial number will be stamped.

So the correct magazine will be serialized to the gun complete with suffix. A period correct magazine will be either of the two types with a serial number as close as possible to that of the gun.

Hope this helps.

John

Quiet1 · 06-04-2015, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by guns3545

. . . . . . . . . So the correct magazine will be serialized to the gun complete with suffix. A period correct magazine will be either of the two types with a serial number as close as possible to that of the gun. . .Hope this helps. . . .

Yes! That's an enormous help, John. It is exactly what I was hoping to discover.

(Interestingly, I recently acquired a Walther ac/40, 1940 "a" block, P38 and discovered a "correct" magazine could also be one of two different types due to transitioning of magazine suppliers.)

Those turbulent early war times must have produced a lot of improvement, improvisation and modification as manufactures strove to increase production and decrease costs.

Thank you very much for taking the time to provide your in depth reply. I genuinely appreciate it.

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Quiet1 User Join Date: Mar 2015 Posts: 14 Thanks: 10 Thanked 7 Times in 1 Post	42 - 1940 c Block Magazine Question Once again please indulge my calling on the forum's collective knowledge, expertise and experience with a naive question. The answer may be obvious but, since I've begun searching for a magazine that's "close" to my Luger's SN and block letter, I'm no longer certain of precisely what I'm looking for. My 42 series 1940 is serial number 4897c. Can someone please inform me of exactly what stampings and markings, and where they should be located, on an original magazine correct for this gun? Thanks in advance for any information. .

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guns3545 Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 437 Thanks: 655 Thanked 492 Times in 218 Posts	Lance, Your c-block gun could be correct with a properly serialized Mauser folded metal blue body magazine with the full serial number and SE655 on the base. But also used in this time frame, i.e. c-block, was the Haenel magazine (sometimes incorrectly called the extruded body) with zig-zag spring, and the Haenel code 122 on the body together with the Eagle 37 acceptance stamp. The Eagle 37 may also occasionally be seen on the concave pinned aluminum base base where the full serial number will be stamped. So the correct magazine will be serialized to the gun complete with suffix. A period correct magazine will be either of the two types with a serial number as close as possible to that of the gun. Hope this helps. John