1936 Mauser S/42 3 digit n serial number

tubsee · 05-15-2024, 02:55 PM

I recently acquired a 1936 Mauser S/42 with a 3 digit n serial number. All matching including the mag. Wondering if the 3 digit serial number adds any value? I will try to post photos this evening.

ithacaartist · 05-15-2024, 11:44 PM

Perry,

Serial numbers of fewer than four digits are found in every letter suffix block of 10,000 guns. There's no particular rareness because they're the same as the other 9001 guns that have 4 digits within a complete block.

Low serial numbers for early Commercials are sequential up to ~ 95.000, which is when the letter block system was adopted, before they would have had to go with 6 digits.

tubsee · 05-15-2024, 11:58 PM

David, thanks for the response and explanation.

LU1900 · 05-17-2024, 06:29 AM

Seems to be a "p" for me , not a "n"

LU1900 · 05-17-2024, 06:34 AM

Here my 1936 "n" with greese on barrel
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05-15-2024, 02:55 PM	#1
tubsee User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Metairie, La Posts: 12 Thanks: 2 Thanked 7 Times in 2 Posts	1936 Mauser S/42 3 digit n serial number I recently acquired a 1936 Mauser S/42 with a 3 digit n serial number. All matching including the mag. Wondering if the 3 digit serial number adds any value? I will try to post photos this evening. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by tubsee; 07-28-2024 at 05:03 PM.

05-15-2024, 11:44 PM	#2
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,339 Thanks: 7,261 Thanked 2,564 Times in 1,362 Posts	Perry, Serial numbers of fewer than four digits are found in every letter suffix block of 10,000 guns. There's no particular rareness because they're the same as the other 9001 guns that have 4 digits within a complete block. Low serial numbers for early Commercials are sequential up to ~ 95.000, which is when the letter block system was adopted, before they would have had to go with 6 digits. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

05-17-2024, 06:29 AM	#4
LU1900 User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: FRANCE Posts: 907 Thanks: 40 Thanked 468 Times in 196 Posts	Seems to be a "p" for me , not a "n" __________________ Best regards from France...Patrice https://www.fichier-pdf.fr/2016/03/1...nd-snail-drum/

05-17-2024, 06:34 AM	#5
LU1900 User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: FRANCE Posts: 907 Thanks: 40 Thanked 468 Times in 196 Posts	Here my 1936 "n" with greese on barrel / Attached Thumbnails __________________ Best regards from France...Patrice https://www.fichier-pdf.fr/2016/03/1...nd-snail-drum/

05-15-2024, 11:58 PM	#3
tubsee User Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Metairie, La Posts: 12 Thanks: 2 Thanked 7 Times in 2 Posts	David, thanks for the response and explanation.