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Luger Mauser??

bluesteel4rbluesteel4r Member Posts: 219 ✭✭✭
edited April 2002 in Ask the Experts
S/42 Luger with no import marks and all matching serial number and parts. built in 1935. But, it was nickel plated what would be a value today? how much did the nickel plating reduce the value. can they be restored?Any info would be helpfulDave
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  • bluesteel4rbluesteel4r Member Posts: 219 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    S/42 Luger with no import marks and all matching serial number and parts. built in 1935. But, it was nickel plated what would be a value today? how much did the nickel plating reduce the value. can they be restored?Any info would be helpfulDave
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  • nmyersnmyers Member Posts: 16,887 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The nickel plating dropped the value from possibly $1,000 to approximately $100-200. It can't be restored.Neal
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    You could reblue and up the value slightly, but not much. No more than $200; either live with it and shoot away, or sell, or reblue.
    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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  • mattsmilitariamattsmilitaria Member Posts: 51 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Why would anyone do that to such a nice gun? It's a shame, but I agree with the other. Either live with it, and shoot it up, or try to sell it for $150.Matt
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  • Rafter-SRafter-S Member Posts: 2,173 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Is the chamber dated 1935? From what I recall on S/42's, in 1934, the chamber was marked with a "K"...and in 1935, a "G". The letters were code dates. The Nazis were trying to hide from the rest of the world the number of large bore military guns being manufactured. In 1936, they had confidence enough in their military buildup to begin putting the year of manufacture on the chambers.S/42 was code for the Mauser factory. Later it was shortened to "42". I don't have my books here, so I am going on memory...from a long time ago.
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