byf Magazines: Alum. or Blk. Plastic Bottom?

hyrax222 · 07-26-2011, 12:57 AM

I have been told that either the aluminum or black bakelite bottomed mags would both be correct for my byf 41 (no Suffix). What do you collectors prefer?

Frank · 07-26-2011, 09:48 AM

If the grips are made of wood, I prefer the un-numbered aluminum bottom magazine. If the grips are black bakelite, then I would go for the black plastic bottom magazine.

Now that's my preference!

bergwerk · 07-28-2011, 09:54 AM

so would a byf 41 be supplied with a spare un numbered magazine , if so why - bergwerk

alanint · 07-28-2011, 01:45 PM

Because at that stage of the war Germany was hard pressed to fit and finish guns the way they were accustomed to. The Luger was a substitute standard at this point, (The P38 being the new official gun of the armed forces) and near the end of its production life. Magazines really required no fit or finishing to work in the guns so numbering them was not a necessity.

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hyrax222 User Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Oregon City Posts: 62 Thanks: 90 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	byf Magazines: Alum. or Blk. Plastic Bottom? I have been told that either the aluminum or black bakelite bottomed mags would both be correct for my byf 41 (no Suffix). What do you collectors prefer?

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Frank RIP Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hot & Dry PHX, AZ Posts: 2,078 Thanks: 24 Thanked 164 Times in 87 Posts	If the grips are made of wood, I prefer the un-numbered aluminum bottom magazine. If the grips are black bakelite, then I would go for the black plastic bottom magazine. Now that's my preference!

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bergwerk User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: north Posts: 59 Thanks: 16 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	so would a byf 41 be supplied with a spare un numbered magazine , if so why - bergwerk

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alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	Because at that stage of the war Germany was hard pressed to fit and finish guns the way they were accustomed to. The Luger was a substitute standard at this point, (The P38 being the new official gun of the armed forces) and near the end of its production life. Magazines really required no fit or finishing to work in the guns so numbering them was not a necessity.