Assistance Needed IDing Luger

goodwind · 09-20-2006, 11:28 AM

Toggle inscription: S/42 with a "G" on the chamber. No safety grip with stock lug present. 9 mm. Grips seems to show a brown color at the bottom but is darker up top. Thumb safety reads: Gesichert. Top of barrel shows a bird w/63 below it. Side of barrel reads: #3902, with a 02 on all parts attached all over. 3 symbols on the side depicting 2 birds w/63 below it and what looks like a square with lines or a rainfall affect coming from the bottom. Magazine reads #3497 with a bird/63 what what looks like a cursive letter "s". Any idea of the year and era of this German Luger. Thanks.

wlyon · 09-20-2006, 11:57 AM

G dates were made in 1935.

Ron Smith · 09-20-2006, 11:57 AM

Hi Darryl,

Welcome to the forum.

You have a Mauser produced G date (1935).

If you can post photos? .

Ron

John Sabato · 09-20-2006, 12:38 PM

Do a forum search on "G Date" and you should find some more interesting facts about this variation. Welcome to the Lugerforum !!

goodwind · 09-20-2006, 02:34 PM

Thanks to all for the assistance and information. Now to figure out how to break down, clean, and put it back together.

John Sabato · 09-20-2006, 03:59 PM

You are in luck... do a search for the word "video" and you will find the latest we have in instruction... and more are to come...

Edward Tinker · 09-20-2006, 06:51 PM

goodwind, welcome to the forum! be careful taking it apart, especially the grips, as they like to chip if they stick on the frame. And it can be a trick putting it back together the first 10 times,

Ed

09-20-2006, 11:28 AM	#1
goodwind User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Assistance Needed IDing Luger Toggle inscription: S/42 with a "G" on the chamber. No safety grip with stock lug present. 9 mm. Grips seems to show a brown color at the bottom but is darker up top. Thumb safety reads: Gesichert. Top of barrel shows a bird w/63 below it. Side of barrel reads: #3902, with a 02 on all parts attached all over. 3 symbols on the side depicting 2 birds w/63 below it and what looks like a square with lines or a rainfall affect coming from the bottom. Magazine reads #3497 with a bird/63 what what looks like a cursive letter "s". Any idea of the year and era of this German Luger. Thanks.

09-20-2006, 11:57 AM	#2
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,637 Thanks: 3,174 Thanked 2,561 Times in 956 Posts	G dates were made in 1935. __________________ Bill Lyon

09-20-2006, 12:38 PM	#4
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,154 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,306 Times in 1,097 Posts	Do a forum search on "G Date" and you should find some more interesting facts about this variation. Welcome to the Lugerforum !! __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

09-20-2006, 03:59 PM	#6
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,154 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,306 Times in 1,097 Posts	You are in luck... do a search for the word "video" and you will find the latest we have in instruction... and more are to come... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

09-20-2006, 06:51 PM	#7
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,935 Thanks: 2,034 Thanked 4,533 Times in 2,093 Posts	goodwind, welcome to the forum! be careful taking it apart, especially the grips, as they like to chip if they stick on the frame. And it can be a trick putting it back together the first 10 times, Ed __________________ Edward Tinker ************ Co-Author of Police Lugers - Co-Author of Simson Lugers Author of Veteran Bring Backs Vol I, Vol II, Vol III and Vol IV

09-20-2006, 11:57 AM	#3
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Hi Darryl, Welcome to the forum. You have a Mauser produced G date (1935). If you can post photos? . Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

09-20-2006, 02:34 PM	#5
goodwind User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 9 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks to all for the assistance and information. Now to figure out how to break down, clean, and put it back together.