Suffixes are placed on a Luger AFTER it has reached the first 10,000 guns for that series and are primarily placed on military guns. There are commercial, contract serial numbers and even mixtures of military style and commercial style numbers that may have assorted markings and even suffixes. Numbering usually went from 1-9,999 then 1a to 9999a, then 1b to 9999b, etc., although there is conflicting discussions on whether the serial numbers went from 1 – 9999 or whether they were 1 – 10,000.

The serial number of this Luger is 1931d. The letter suffix on 42 Code Lugers is only found on the frame under the frame serial number. All other serial numbers are full serial numbers minus the suffix or partial serial numbers minus the suffix. The 1940 '42' Code Lugers were manufactured in 16 different suffix ranges and.

I have seen pictures of guns marked both ways, 9,999 and 10,000.

Fine Pre-WWII German Mauser Luger S/42 1937 Product Description Fine pre-WWII German Mauser Luger, S/42 c. 1937 Please see photos at: This is a fine condition and all matching Mauser 1937 dated, S/42 Code Luger Pistol, serial number 4431v. The year 1937 was a busy one for Germany and for Mauser. Psp Go Explore Maps Isometric Exercises there. By 1937, Germany was well into its rearmament following the Nazi Party’s rise to power and the subsequent repudiation of the Versailles Treaty. Hitler’s rearmament was sufficient prior to 1937 that he had already occupied the Rhineland in 1936 and was actively planning the occupation of the Sudetenland, Austria and combat operations against France, the Low Countries and Great Britain. Hitler’s confidence in flouting the restrictions of the Versailles Treaty was such that for the first time Mauser did not attempt to hide the manufacture year with a code. In 1936, Mauser used the “G” code stamped over the chamber.

1937 was the first year that the year was prominently stamped over the chamber. The Holiday Ost Rapidshare Download here. The earliest known 1937 Mauser Luger is 380p and the highest known is serial number 8926b. Based on these numbers, approximately 127,000 1937 S/42 Lugers were manufactured. Nearly all of the 1937 production was scheduled for distribution to the German Army with a small distribution to the German Navy and no known distribution to the Luftwaffe.

This particular Luger, serial number 4431v, was probably manufactured in July 1937. Approximately 9,600 v-suffix 1937 S/42 Mauser Lugers are known to have been produced. Another change that occurred during the 1937 production year was the style of the acceptance stamps. That year, the inspector acceptance stamp changed from the drooped eagle 63 stamp to the stick eagle 63 stamp. This transition occurred near the end of the t-suffix range. Inspector number 63 would remain until the a- and b- suffix mark when a new inspector, number 83, appeared. And yet another change that occurred during 1937 production was the design of the frame and the finishing process.