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luger s/42 Date 1937

magicms1234
Hi, Wondered if this model LUGER is sopost to have straw on it? Any help would be great. Has 2 mag ( 1 matches ) Tool An 1937 holster. I know cant tell value without any pictures but a ball park price would be great but mostly conserned with the STRAW ! Thanks Mike Thanks for info- now which is the better year to go after (straw / blue) PS all parts match on this gun Looking for WWII type
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  • nmyers
    Small parts should be straw.

    $300-3,000. It's a big ballpark.

    Neal

    EDIT: I learn something new every day. So, Perry Shooter, are you saying that if hot blued the inside of the frame & toggle will be completely blued?
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  • perry shooter
    Hello I ASSUME this is a S/42 code ? Then it could be both ways. If rust blued finish in the white on inside of frame and toggle then the small parts should be straw. serial 4500P-1500T.

    If however the frame and toggle is HOT SALT BLUED THEN THE SMALL PARTS SHOULD ALSO BE BLUED. SERIAL 1500t-400b

    This is the year they changed

    EDIT Hello Neal Yes the early lugers had frame and inside of toggle left in the white . and were rust Blued. 95 % of these guns if refinished had the inside blued also. This was a tell Tale sign the gun was refinished. The other 5% would strip the new hot blue off the inside.In The middle of 1937 saw the Germans switch to a cheaper faster HOT SALTS bluing and then small and Large parts were totally Blued. These later ALL BLUED guns some with plastic grips were called BLACK WIDOW models by the American GI's and that name is improperly still used today.
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  • givette
    As with all upgrades, there has to be some overlap. P-08 below is a 1937 S/42, SerNo 4491k, and has straw extractor, straw ejector, and blue takedown and blue safety lever. The safety 'block' is in the white. All numbers match.

    The underside of the toggle/bolt, and the insides of the frame, and the insides of the tuning fork are all blued.

    1937 was the transition year from all straw (1936) to all blue (1938). Mix 'n match had to occur during '37. Best, Joe

    1937LugerMilitary011.jpg
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  • perry shooter
    To try to answer your Question as to which is the most desirable .IMHO Condition is EVERYTHING. One might say the early Rust Blued guns were better quality Fit and Finish and others may think that the Later hot blued guns are a example of the last of an era of P08 production. I sold all my High end Pistols Navy 1916 and 1917 as well as Carbine model 1902 because they were getting too valuable to Chance damage or breakage by shooting. I don't like Safe Queens. I do have both a 1936 S/42 and a 1939 MAUSER banner that are both 98+ % but neither of these are what I would say are HIGH DOLLAR variations of the famous GERMAN Pistol . Perry Shooter
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