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'38 Luger

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Attached are a couple photos of a 1938 S/42 luger I bought while living in Germany. The numbers all match on the gun except for the aluminum bottom magazine. The grip panels are plastic with concentric circles near the top of each panel. Could possibly be Vopo replacement.
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The uncheckered strip along the top of the grip, plus the concentric circles on the grip panel, pretty much say VOPO - at least on the examples I've seen. To the best of my knowledge there aren't any cast-in numbers, letters or markings on the reverse side of the grip. Triple K markets a "VOPO" style Luger grip, but as you acquired your pistol in Germany I'd say the chances of the grip panels being repros are pretty slim.
 
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You want to DROOL? A High School buddy's Dad was a Pilot for Pan American back in the early 60s. On one trip he brought back an MP40 with a lead-filled barrel for his son as a souvenir. Back in those days it wasn't hard to bring deactivated guns back thru Customs. He was a Pilot - so the gun may never have GONE thru Customs.

Of course the first thing Junior did was heat up the barrel and remove the lead after dead old Dad went back flying overseas. Him and a couple other buddies took the thing out and it actually worked! I have absolutely no idea of what happened to it. With my luck if I'd gone along we'd have all gotten caught for sure.
 
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Jim Brady -- YES DROOL!! Do you know if your old buddy still has the piece ?? Those items are almost worth their weight in gold, so to speak on today's market when you can find one. A legal operational piece with all matching numbers could bring as much as a legal operational Thompson, $30k +. Thanks for your comment.
 
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