41 byf

Garfield · 08-22-2002, 11:00 PM

Carl:

No doubt there were no wooden grips available at the time that the gun was assembled. It is my understanding that that the "bakelite" grips were authorized for use if wood grips were not abvailable. They were not initially intended to replace wooden grips. Obviously, as the war progressed wood became more scarce and the use of the bakelite grips became more and more prevalent. It should be pointed out that the byf 41 series did not begin with the "a" suffix. Am away from home so don't have my books available so must apologise for the following slipshod comment. I believe the 41 byf production run started with the n block, ran through the alphabet, started again with "a" and ran for several more letters to include the "g" suffix. If that is correct then the "g" pistol would have been assembled after the "x" pistol, however, I am not certain just where the run did start or where it ended. I know that someone will help me out here.

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08-22-2002, 11:00 PM	#2
Garfield User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: A little SE of Nome Posts: 239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Carl: No doubt there were no wooden grips available at the time that the gun was assembled. It is my understanding that that the "bakelite" grips were authorized for use if wood grips were not abvailable. They were not initially intended to replace wooden grips. Obviously, as the war progressed wood became more scarce and the use of the bakelite grips became more and more prevalent. It should be pointed out that the byf 41 series did not begin with the "a" suffix. Am away from home so don't have my books available so must apologise for the following slipshod comment. I believe the 41 byf production run started with the n block, ran through the alphabet, started again with "a" and ran for several more letters to include the "g" suffix. If that is correct then the "g" pistol would have been assembled after the "x" pistol, however, I am not certain just where the run did start or where it ended. I know that someone will help me out here.