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"New to Me" Nazi Marked BYF 41 - Did I do alright?

Hi Guys,

I was doing my normal cruise through the local ads on Armslist this weekend and stumbled onto this 1941 byf in 9mm not far from me.

It looked nice in the ad, but as I was a bit afraid, it looked a little too nice as it has been re-blued unfortunately. It's a very nice job of being re blued as it looks beautiful!

The serial number is 7838 and seems to be numbers matching with exception of the magazine. The magazine has a 4 digit serial number with a waffle mark and a lower case letter "d" under the serial number. The pistol has it's 4" 9mm barrel. Both the receiver and barrel are Nazi marked, which I was excited to see.

The grips are black plastic, however I'm not sure how to distinguish original grips from reproductions. I'd appreciate any pointers in determining that.

I understand that being that the pistol was re blued, it lost much of it's collector value, however I was just excited to find a pretty much numbers matching, Nazi marked Luger so close to home and thought it will make a great shooter. I ended up paying $550 for it.

What would the pistol be worth? Did I do OK on it?

Thanks for any education (and emotional support!)

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Any Luger that shoots and is not rusty or pitted is worth $550.00 in my opinion. If you are unhappy with your purchase I will happily give you your money back.

Mike

Yes, i agree with Mike

Hi Rob,

If the grips and magazine are authentic (period correct) they are almost worth what you paid for the entire pistol.

Post some pictures of the magazine showing all markings. Also, if you are very careful (see removal advice on this site) remove and photograph the back of the grips. Be particularly careful with the upper left grip near the safety lever. They are easy to break there.

Don't use a flash in your photos. Get a tripod. Use the closeup setting on your camera, and take the pictures outdoors in indirect (shaded) light.

I think you have a very nice Luger at a very good price.

Marc

Thanks alot guys!

I'm new to the world of Luger's, and have always wanted one. I'm really having fun researching and learning more about them. When I ran into this one, not knowing much yet, I decided to take a gamble on it and am really pleased with my purchase. I feel alot better after hearing from you that I did alright on it. There is something about hearing you got a good deal, that makes a new treasure that much more exciting to me.

Marc, Thanks for the picture taking suggestions. I'll take a couple of pictures outside (with better focus) of the Nazi marked magazine as well as the backside of the grips and will post the pictures. I really don't know what I'm looking for.

I'm having alot of fun learning about these pistols!

All the grips appear to be reproductions..

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Originally Posted by alanint (Post 202683)

All the grips appear to be reproductions..

Ouch....How can you tell? (For future reference so that I know what I'm looking at/looking for)

Thanks!

Just the overall poor workmanship. Bubbles in the plastic, poorly formed holes with ragged edges, uneven surfaces. Original grips are finely made with sharp edges and well defined features. They are made of bakelite and not thermo formed plastic. Most reproductions come from molds made from a pair of original grips and lose definition in the process.