byf Magazines. What Kind?

hyrax222 · 07-14-2011, 11:12 PM

What does a correct magazine look like for my byf 41? How about the disassembly tool?

tharpo · 07-14-2011, 11:36 PM

hyrax,
Luger magazines went through some changes as 1941 progressed. What is the letter suffix below the serial number on the front of your gun?

Tom

Lugerdoc · 07-15-2011, 12:32 PM

1941 byf PO8 would usually been issued with one serialized alum bottomed FXO marked mag and a second FXO with an unnumbered alum or black plstic bottom. The ideal tool should have the same WaA inspector's number (E/655 or 135) that is on the right side of it's receiver. TH

hyrax222 · 07-18-2011, 09:19 PM

No letter suffix seen below serial no.
Present mag is silver colored with wood bottom.
No marks that I can see. What is it?

tharpo · 07-18-2011, 11:09 PM

If your 41 byf gun does not have a letter suffix than a fxo black plastic or fxo unmarked aluminum bottom would be correct as your luger is late 1941.
I don't know about your wood mag.

hyrax222 · 07-18-2011, 11:40 PM

Well, the guy I bought it from had a 1918 Erfurt too. It had an aluminum bottom mag in it. I think he got them mixed up!I wonder if he'll swap them?

Lugerdoc · 07-19-2011, 09:55 AM

Hyrax, Difficult to say without seeing your mag, as there are similar new repro mags of that type available, but if original, it's probably a DWM commerical mag. TH

07-14-2011, 11:12 PM	#1
hyrax222 User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Oregon City Posts: 62 Thanks: 90 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	byf Magazines. What Kind? What does a correct magazine look like for my byf 41? How about the disassembly tool?

07-15-2011, 12:32 PM	#3
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 737 Times in 484 Posts	1941 byf PO8 would usually been issued with one serialized alum bottomed FXO marked mag and a second FXO with an unnumbered alum or black plstic bottom. The ideal tool should have the same WaA inspector's number (E/655 or 135) that is on the right side of it's receiver. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

07-19-2011, 09:55 AM	#7
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 737 Times in 484 Posts	Hyrax, Difficult to say without seeing your mag, as there are similar new repro mags of that type available, but if original, it's probably a DWM commerical mag. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

07-14-2011, 11:36 PM	#2
tharpo Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: West Coast, USA Posts: 544 Thanks: 118 Thanked 383 Times in 158 Posts	hyrax, Luger magazines went through some changes as 1941 progressed. What is the letter suffix below the serial number on the front of your gun? Tom

07-18-2011, 09:19 PM	#4
hyrax222 User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Oregon City Posts: 62 Thanks: 90 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	No letter suffix seen below serial no. Present mag is silver colored with wood bottom. No marks that I can see. What is it?

07-18-2011, 11:09 PM	#5
tharpo Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: West Coast, USA Posts: 544 Thanks: 118 Thanked 383 Times in 158 Posts	If your 41 byf gun does not have a letter suffix than a fxo black plastic or fxo unmarked aluminum bottom would be correct as your luger is late 1941. I don't know about your wood mag.

07-18-2011, 11:40 PM	#6
hyrax222 User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Oregon City Posts: 62 Thanks: 90 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Well, the guy I bought it from had a 1918 Erfurt too. It had an aluminum bottom mag in it. I think he got them mixed up!I wonder if he'll swap them?