1938 S/42 sn 6318L se63, se63 mtp
1937 S/42 (2 MM) AND 1938 S/42 (2MMK), RIGS
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1937 S/42, SERIAL NUMBER 3271x, WITH 2 MATCHING MAGAZINES AND HOLSTER AND 1938 S/42, SERIAL NUMBER 7289i, WITH 2 MATCHING MAGS AND HOLSTER David Mills photographs, collection and information.
Note: droop eagle=DE; stick eagle=SE
For more detail on the1937 S/42 and the 1938 S/42 Lugers click on the posts below and see “Third Reich Lugers” page 39 and 40.
* S/42 CODE-1937-BLUED, sn 6561u, rig Jan C Still
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*S/42-1938 DATED-KREIGSMARINE LUGER Jan C Still
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Figure 1. 1937 and 1938 dated Mauser S/42 rigs. Left, 1937 S/42 code, blued Variation Luger, complete with 2 matching blued case (crimped) magazines; and 1936 dated, Karl Bocker Waldbrol, DE/ WaA387 stamped holster. Right, 1938 S/42 code, Luger complete with 2 matching blued case (crimped) magazines and 1937 dated, R. Ehrhardt Poessneck, DE/WaA186 stamped holster.
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Figure 2. Top, right side 1938 S/42, serial number 7289i. Bottom, right side 1937 S/42, serial number 3271x. Note: both are hot salt blued and have salt blued small parts.
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Figure 3. Right, receiver1937 S/42, serial number 3271x. It is acceptance stamped DE/63, DE/63; and mid eagle test proofed.
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Figure 4. 1937 S/42, serial number 3271x, matching magazines. Both bear the stick eagle/63 acceptance stamps.
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Figure 5. Right, receiver1938 S/42, serial number 7289i. It is acceptance stamped SE/63, SE/63; and mid eagle test proofed.
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Figure 6. 1938 S/42, serial number 7289i, matching magazines. Both bear the stick eagle/83 acceptance stamps.
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Figure 7. 1938 S/42, serial number 7289i, details of its E/83 stamped magazine. The “8" in not well formed and at a quick glance is sometimes mistaken for a “6".
Note: droop eagle=DE; stick eagle=SE
For more detail on the1937 S/42 and the 1938 S/42 Lugers click on the posts below and see “Third Reich Lugers” page 39 and 40.
* S/42 CODE-1937-BLUED, sn 6561u, rig Jan C Still
-------------http://www.gunboards.com/luger/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=412
*S/42-1938 DATED-KREIGSMARINE LUGER Jan C Still
-------------http://www.gunboards.com/luger/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=58
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Figure 1. 1937 and 1938 dated Mauser S/42 rigs. Left, 1937 S/42 code, blued Variation Luger, complete with 2 matching blued case (crimped) magazines; and 1936 dated, Karl Bocker Waldbrol, DE/ WaA387 stamped holster. Right, 1938 S/42 code, Luger complete with 2 matching blued case (crimped) magazines and 1937 dated, R. Ehrhardt Poessneck, DE/WaA186 stamped holster.
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Figure 2. Top, right side 1938 S/42, serial number 7289i. Bottom, right side 1937 S/42, serial number 3271x. Note: both are hot salt blued and have salt blued small parts.
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Figure 3. Right, receiver1937 S/42, serial number 3271x. It is acceptance stamped DE/63, DE/63; and mid eagle test proofed.
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Figure 4. 1937 S/42, serial number 3271x, matching magazines. Both bear the stick eagle/63 acceptance stamps.
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Figure 5. Right, receiver1938 S/42, serial number 7289i. It is acceptance stamped SE/63, SE/63; and mid eagle test proofed.
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Figure 6. 1938 S/42, serial number 7289i, matching magazines. Both bear the stick eagle/83 acceptance stamps.
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Figure 7. 1938 S/42, serial number 7289i, details of its E/83 stamped magazine. The “8" in not well formed and at a quick glance is sometimes mistaken for a “6".
