Correct mag.?

k1mri · 08-21-2005, 02:43 PM

What would be the correct magazine for my byf 41 Luger?

Many thanks!
mike

Steinar · 08-21-2005, 03:09 PM

fxo magazine marked p-08 with aluminium or bakelite..

Frank · 08-21-2005, 08:27 PM

Hi Mike, the correct magazine for your 41 byf depends on the serial number of the pistol. The German Military stopped serializing the magazines somewhere around the W-Block. If your Luger is prior to that, the proper magazine is a center pin type, probably an fxo, with the serial number of your pistol stamped on the bottom, including the correct suffix letter. After that the magazines shipped with the Lugers were fxo with either blank aluminum bottoms or blank black plastic bottoms.

k1mri · 08-21-2005, 08:41 PM

here's a couple of photos that came with my BYF 41 Luger.

k1mri · 08-21-2005, 08:50 PM

Pictures

Frank · 08-22-2005, 10:24 AM

Mike, the magazine you show is for a 41 byf. You haven't mentioned whether the serial number, including the suffix matches your pistol!

k1mri · 08-22-2005, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Frank
Mike, the magazine you show is for a 41 byf. You haven't mentioned whether the serial number, including the suffix matches your pistol!

Serial # 8346 no suffix

Mike

Steinar · 08-23-2005, 08:43 AM

no suffix?
thought all byf have suffix..

Frank · 08-23-2005, 09:05 AM

Mike, 41 byf 8346 NS would have been shipped with either a blank fxo aluminum bottom or, more likely, a blank fxo black plastic bottom magazine. Please take a look at the right side of the receiver and verify the inspection marks (Waffenamt Marks) are both E/135.

Morgan, the 41 byf series started in the N-Block and continued through the beginning of the B-Block. So after serial number 9999z, the next pistol was numbered 01 with no suffix. The next 9998 pistols had no suffix!!

k1mri · 08-23-2005, 09:09 AM

The right side of the receiver and the inspection marks (Waffenamt Marks) are both E/655.

Mike

MauserLugers · 08-23-2005, 12:23 PM

Hi Frank,
Thought I'd share a little bit of information on a byf 41 that I have. This rig is also in the no suffix letter block and it does have two matching numbered fxo aluminum based magazines. So, apparently a few were still being numbered after the "v" block, or "w" block as you stated. --- Bill

Frank · 08-23-2005, 01:05 PM

Hi Bill, I have a few magazines that are numbered in the no suffix range too. They are pretty few and far between. Don Hallock has few records after the U Block, so they are anomolies to be sure!!

Steinar · 08-25-2005, 05:32 AM

thanks for the info on the suffix! Any idea what they did after 9998?

Frank · 08-25-2005, 08:54 AM

Morgan, the next number is 9999 no suffix, then 01a, 02a, etc. The 41 byf range extended into the early B-Block!! Sorry for any confusion!

Steinar · 08-25-2005, 11:23 AM

That clear things up

08-21-2005, 02:43 PM	#1
k1mri User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Correct mag.? What would be the correct magazine for my byf 41 Luger? Many thanks! mike

08-21-2005, 03:09 PM	#2
Steinar User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,538 Thanks: 18 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	fxo magazine marked p-08 with aluminium or bakelite.. __________________ Previously known as Morgan Kane

08-21-2005, 08:41 PM	#4
k1mri User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	My mag. here's a couple of photos that came with my BYF 41 Luger.

08-21-2005, 08:50 PM	#5
k1mri User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Photos of my mag Pictures

08-23-2005, 08:43 AM	#8
Steinar User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,538 Thanks: 18 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	no suffix? thought all byf have suffix.. __________________ Previously known as Morgan Kane

08-21-2005, 08:27 PM	#3
Frank RIP Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hot & Dry PHX, AZ Posts: 2,078 Thanks: 24 Thanked 163 Times in 87 Posts	Hi Mike, the correct magazine for your 41 byf depends on the serial number of the pistol. The German Military stopped serializing the magazines somewhere around the W-Block. If your Luger is prior to that, the proper magazine is a center pin type, probably an fxo, with the serial number of your pistol stamped on the bottom, including the correct suffix letter. After that the magazines shipped with the Lugers were fxo with either blank aluminum bottoms or blank black plastic bottoms.

08-22-2005, 10:24 AM	#6
Frank RIP Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hot & Dry PHX, AZ Posts: 2,078 Thanks: 24 Thanked 163 Times in 87 Posts	Mike, the magazine you show is for a 41 byf. You haven't mentioned whether the serial number, including the suffix matches your pistol!

08-23-2005, 09:05 AM	#9
Frank RIP Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hot & Dry PHX, AZ Posts: 2,078 Thanks: 24 Thanked 163 Times in 87 Posts	Mike, 41 byf 8346 NS would have been shipped with either a blank fxo aluminum bottom or, more likely, a blank fxo black plastic bottom magazine. Please take a look at the right side of the receiver and verify the inspection marks (Waffenamt Marks) are both E/135. Morgan, the 41 byf series started in the N-Block and continued through the beginning of the B-Block. So after serial number 9999z, the next pistol was numbered 01 with no suffix. The next 9998 pistols had no suffix!!

08-23-2005, 09:09 AM	#10
k1mri User Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 27 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	The right side of the receiver and the inspection marks (Waffenamt Marks) are both E/655. Mike

08-23-2005, 12:23 PM	#11
MauserLugers User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Philipsburg, Montana 59858 Posts: 250 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 1 Post	Hi Frank, Thought I'd share a little bit of information on a byf 41 that I have. This rig is also in the no suffix letter block and it does have two matching numbered fxo aluminum based magazines. So, apparently a few were still being numbered after the "v" block, or "w" block as you stated. --- Bill

08-23-2005, 01:05 PM	#12
Frank RIP Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hot & Dry PHX, AZ Posts: 2,078 Thanks: 24 Thanked 163 Times in 87 Posts	Hi Bill, I have a few magazines that are numbered in the no suffix range too. They are pretty few and far between. Don Hallock has few records after the U Block, so they are anomolies to be sure!!

08-25-2005, 05:32 AM	#13
Steinar User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,538 Thanks: 18 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	thanks for the info on the suffix! Any idea what they did after 9998? __________________ Previously known as Morgan Kane

08-25-2005, 08:54 AM	#14
Frank RIP Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hot & Dry PHX, AZ Posts: 2,078 Thanks: 24 Thanked 163 Times in 87 Posts	Morgan, the next number is 9999 no suffix, then 01a, 02a, etc. The 41 byf range extended into the early B-Block!! Sorry for any confusion!

08-25-2005, 11:23 AM	#15
Steinar User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,538 Thanks: 18 Thanked 36 Times in 21 Posts	That clear things up __________________ Previously known as Morgan Kane