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MINTY MAUSER P.08 MADE IN 1939

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Exceptional example of a rare variant German Army 9mm Luger pistol in mint condition!

Principal markings include: “3656n” (serial number); “S/42” (manufacturer’s code); “1939” (year of manufacture); eagle over “63” (military acceptance stamps); Weimar style eagle (army acceptance stamp and firing proof).  Since the pistol was made in 1939, the overall manufacturing quality is exceptional.

Manufactured at Mauser-Werke AG in Oberndorf am Nekar, the company produced 121,628 P.08 pistols in 1939.  Based on the serial number, this pistol was made in January 1939.  Mauser did not start over a new year’s production serial numbers with the beginning of the letter suffix alphabet (e.g., no letter suffix; a; b; c; etc.), but continued where they left off the previous year.

Only 30,609 pistols were made using the “S/42” manufacturer’s code in the early months of 1939 (the remainder of the year’s production used the manufacturer’s code “42”).  The low S/42 1939 production total makes this example one of the rarest Mauser Luger variants.  Only the “K” Date and “42-41” variants were made in less numbers!

All of the serial numbers match, including the magazine and grip panels.  The pistol is fully functioning.

The condition is Like-New with 98% of the blue remaining.  There is slight wear on the bottom corner of the side-plate hump and bottom corner of the front strap – locations of near universal holster wear on any Luger, but usually much more pronounced than present on this example. The bore and wooden grip panels are also in minty condition.

Minty Luger pistols in this condition rarely come on the market!  Plus, this is a rare Mauser production variant.  As such, this is an excellent opportunity to own a collector grade classic German pistol made months prior to the invasion of Poland in 1939.  [sk][ph:L]

Firearm may only be shipped to a licensed dealer (FFL Holder) - If you are not a licensed dealer, you must make arrangements with a dealer in your state to receive the firearm and transfer it to you.

DISCLAIMER: All firearms are sold as collector's items only - we do not accept responsibility as to the shooting safety or reliability of any antique firearm. All firearms are described as accurately as possible, given the restraints of a catalog listing length. We want satisfied customers & often "under" describe the weapons. Any city or state regulations regarding owning antique firearms are the responsibility of the purchaser. All firearms are "mechanically perfect" unless noted, but again, are NOT warranted as safe to fire.

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