1940 "42" Luger, Could you ID mark?

MauserLugers · 12-31-2003, 06:33 PM

Bob,
Please explain what this means as I really have no idea.

"It means a part which could be returned to acceptable use by rework."

Does this mean that Mauser was reworking parts on their military contracts? Why only the barrel? Why is the asterisk spread out randomly one to several hundred instead of consecutively marked? What is the connection between a Mauser Luger barrel marked with an asterisk in 1940 and a asterisk marked P.38 of 1941 from a different manufacture?

ViggoG,
Why is it not possible that Mauser had there own unique test that they (Mauser) used to randomly test/check/inspect/ Luger barrels for whatever reason they deemed necessary? Hardness, assembly, quality, whatever, that again was a random check/test that was unique to only Mauser Luger barrels? To my knowledge this asterisk is only found on Mauser Luger barrels randomly starting in mid to late 1940 and continues very sparsely through the byf 42's, with it not being found on any other Luger parts.

I realize all of us have different opinions, and mine being that these are not marks of a reworked barrel, but of some sort of randomly done unique check/test of only the barrel. -- Set me straight -- Bill

12-31-2003, 06:33 PM	#9
MauserLugers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Philipsburg, Montana 59858 Posts: 250 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 1 Post	Bob, Please explain what this means as I really have no idea. "It means a part which could be returned to acceptable use by rework." Does this mean that Mauser was reworking parts on their military contracts? Why only the barrel? Why is the asterisk spread out randomly one to several hundred instead of consecutively marked? What is the connection between a Mauser Luger barrel marked with an asterisk in 1940 and a asterisk marked P.38 of 1941 from a different manufacture? ViggoG, Why is it not possible that Mauser had there own unique test that they (Mauser) used to randomly test/check/inspect/ Luger barrels for whatever reason they deemed necessary? Hardness, assembly, quality, whatever, that again was a random check/test that was unique to only Mauser Luger barrels? To my knowledge this asterisk is only found on Mauser Luger barrels randomly starting in mid to late 1940 and continues very sparsely through the byf 42's, with it not being found on any other Luger parts. I realize all of us have different opinions, and mine being that these are not marks of a reworked barrel, but of some sort of randomly done unique check/test of only the barrel. -- Set me straight -- Bill