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wil franken

04-22-2005 02:48 PM

serial# on BYF 1941

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I'd like to react on a thread of october 2004, where someone said:

Bob, I agree with your Novenber 1941 estimate. The byf 41 went into the B-Block. Serial Number 1121b is the highest I have recorded.

My VoPo has serial # 5531 s.
Who is wrong?

wil franken

04-22-2005 03:02 PM

Tomathvl

04-22-2005 03:33 PM

I don't know what the first post you referenced was addressing. According to Jan Still's Thrid Reich Lugers there were approx 126,000 41 byf's made and the range goes from 3300n thru 9950a. Hope this helps.
Tom

Edward Tinker

04-22-2005 05:53 PM

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...threadid=11787

I'm afraid it is out of context Wil;

Quote:

* 126,000 made from the "n" block wrapping around into the "a" block. Few made in the "n" block, more in the "o" block, then pretty solid until the no suffix ("ns") block, and then a share with the byf '42's in the "a" block.

As Bob was saying that there were 126k made, n through a, so S was part of the production. Although yours doesn't look like an s to me?

Ed

wil franken

04-23-2005 05:56 AM

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Ed,

Thank you for making it clear to me. So my gun must have been made in the end of 1941.
BTW it is defenitely an s.

just took another picture.

Frank

04-23-2005 10:35 AM

Wil, your pistol, S/N 5531s, was completed about May 1941.

The byf Lugers started with the "n" suffix, then the "o" suffix and so on through the "z" suffix. Then there were 9999 pistols with no suffix, the the "a" suffix and finally the "b" suffix.

wil franken

04-23-2005 04:07 PM

Guys,
So she's about one year from retiring...
Still going strong.
Thanks

Wil

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