1940 P.08 found in a box

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Originally Posted by Gebirg

This pistol has an incredible story since 1945.
I just wonder, a 1940 code 42 with bakelit grips (type 2) serial is 5103 m.

This pistol was found in a barn, in a metall box - stored there since 1945. It was a payment for a job, this Luger came directly from the Germans to the farmer who put it there. When his sons should expand the barn in 2003 they found the box...

Asle,

What a great find!

But you're right to worry about the black grips. And, you may have noticed the Type 6 magazine as well.

The m-block was late in the year so it may have had Walnut grips or perhaps the Brown Bakelite grips that Mauser got from HK.

The magazine would have been a Haenel 122 coded with Eagle 37 proofs and an aluminum base.

But, grips crack and are replaced and magazines get lost.

A great looking gun and an even greater story.

Thanks for sharing.

John