Help w/ number stamp?

bobcam1 · 02-12-2009, 12:51 PM

Hello, all.....
I'm considering buying this BYF 41, but I'd like to be sure that the numbers are not force-matched.
Is it unusual for a part to have a different number font, like this one has, on the safety?

Thanks,
Bob.

John Sabato · 02-12-2009, 02:26 PM

I believe that the number on the safety bar is "suspect"... because the number "1" has a lower serif, but the rest of the 1's don't... Make sure the gun is priced accordingly... before you buy it. It will still make a great shooter, because you can't get a better "working" gun than a Mauser.

alanint · 02-12-2009, 03:11 PM

The safety also has an "open topped" number 4, which makes it doubly suspect......

zinfull · 02-12-2009, 05:58 PM

It would depend on the time of year. It maybe in a transition between fonts. I have a matching byf 41 which has all lower serif numbers.

In Jan Stills "Third Reich Lugers" on page 85 it shows a byf 41 # 4801 which has the same type of lower serif "1' as the pistol you are asking about. This pistol also has the trigger bar with a lower serif "1" which is different from the frame and other parts. I do not see this as being a non matching gun. If all other parts match then chances are this is a good luger.

Jerry

wlyon · 02-12-2009, 11:11 PM

Look under New Collectors 1/23/09 "Mauser 3's" for a small discussion on Mauser fonts. This luger could well be correct. Hopefully our Mauser experts will respond. Bill

alanint · 02-13-2009, 08:44 AM

Did the move to lower serif "1"s correspond with a move to "open top" "4"s?

02-12-2009, 12:51 PM	#1
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02-12-2009, 02:26 PM	#2
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,155 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,308 Times in 1,098 Posts	I believe that the number on the safety bar is "suspect"... because the number "1" has a lower serif, but the rest of the 1's don't... Make sure the gun is priced accordingly... before you buy it. It will still make a great shooter, because you can't get a better "working" gun than a Mauser. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

02-12-2009, 11:11 PM	#5
wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,652 Thanks: 3,210 Thanked 2,613 Times in 969 Posts	Look under New Collectors 1/23/09 "Mauser 3's" for a small discussion on Mauser fonts. This luger could well be correct. Hopefully our Mauser experts will respond. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

02-12-2009, 03:11 PM	#3
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	The safety also has an "open topped" number 4, which makes it doubly suspect......

02-12-2009, 05:58 PM	#4
zinfull Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sonoma County CA Posts: 244 Thanks: 5 Thanked 34 Times in 17 Posts	It would depend on the time of year. It maybe in a transition between fonts. I have a matching byf 41 which has all lower serif numbers. In Jan Stills "Third Reich Lugers" on page 85 it shows a byf 41 # 4801 which has the same type of lower serif "1' as the pistol you are asking about. This pistol also has the trigger bar with a lower serif "1" which is different from the frame and other parts. I do not see this as being a non matching gun. If all other parts match then chances are this is a good luger. Jerry

02-13-2009, 08:44 AM	#6
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Did the move to lower serif "1"s correspond with a move to "open top" "4"s?