S/42 Magazine with no serial number

Nazrat · 03-09-2003, 06:09 PM

Is a magazine that has S/42 stamped on the bottom, but no serial number something that would have been produced, for the purpose of replacing a lost magazine in the field?

The gun that it 'came in' is a 1916 Erfurt (now with a 6" Bohler Stahl barrel), so I realize that it wasn't issued with the gun.

Thanks,
Tad

Frank · 03-09-2003, 06:52 PM

Tad, you are absolutely correct. It is a replacement magazine for S/42 Mauser Lugers produced from 1934 to the first part of 1939. It is more valuable that a numbered magazine from the same vintage, unless the numbered magazine happens to match a Luger you own!!

03-09-2003, 06:09 PM	#1
Nazrat New User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	S/42 Magazine with no serial number Is a magazine that has S/42 stamped on the bottom, but no serial number something that would have been produced, for the purpose of replacing a lost magazine in the field? The gun that it 'came in' is a 1916 Erfurt (now with a 6" Bohler Stahl barrel), so I realize that it wasn't issued with the gun. Thanks, Tad

03-09-2003, 06:52 PM	#2
Frank RIP Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hot & Dry PHX, AZ Posts: 2,078 Thanks: 24 Thanked 163 Times in 87 Posts	Tad, you are absolutely correct. It is a replacement magazine for S/42 Mauser Lugers produced from 1934 to the first part of 1939. It is more valuable that a numbered magazine from the same vintage, unless the numbered magazine happens to match a Luger you own!!