New 41 "byf" Arrives

[Marvin]

Well guys, after 2 1/2 years not buying a Luger, I picked up the 41 "byf" yesterday. It is stamped 41 with "byf", E/655 E/655, S/N 9322n. Blue is very close to 95-96% with most of the wear on the left sideplate and the left front muzzle. The front and rear gripstrap has some minor wear. Overall a very nice pistol.

Now I have a question......the S/N in the "n" block is an early "byf" stamp; probably in late February or early March 1941. On Jan Still's Forum, he is compiling data and here is a quote from the "Sticky": "There were only 20,000 lugers produced in the â??nâ?� and â??oâ?� blocks. If the 41 42code Luger production is increased in the â??nâ?� and â??oâ?� blocks, the 1940 42 code and 41 byf code will have to be proportionally decreased. I suspect that the production estimate of 20,000 41 42 code Lugers, ignored the overlap in serial ranges and simply assigned all the â??nâ?� and â??oâ?� production to the 41 42 code." With this information, this should make the "byf" in the "N" block fairly rare; is this a correct assumption? If my assumption is correct, would there be an increase in value over other suffix blocks?

I had to get out my books, I must be getting old as there were a LOT of things about Lugers I had forgotten, LOL. I will try to get some photos this afternoon to post on this thread. Thanks for the help guys!