byf 42 luger info

Silvereagle29 · 02-15-2009, 04:06 PM

The wooden grips on a 42-byf will usually have a SE-135 acceptance mark. Some were numbered with the last two digits of the serial number; most were not numbered. Most collectors remove the right grip to check the back of the grip panel for an acceptance mark or number. Normally (as someone mentioned) it's not wise to remove the left grip because it's very easy to break the fragile area around the saety lever. The black plastic bottom fxo magazine (6-MM-fxo) is correct for your Luger. If the pistol was equipped with a concave pinned aluminum base fxo magazine (5-MM-fxo) it should not be numbered. If I were to find a 42-byf number 1234h with matching magazines, I would really have very strong second thoughts about these magazines. Mauser severly curtailed the numbering of Luger magazines after the - u - block of the 41-byf Luger production. Describe the aluminum magazine that you have with the gun and I will tell you it's history; color, aceptance marks, serial number and letter suffix. The holster should be dated 42 with a P 08 in the right corner on the back. The tool should be marked SE-135. My opinion. Good luck.

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02-15-2009, 04:06 PM	#29
Silvereagle29 User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Washington State Posts: 105 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	The wooden grips on a 42-byf will usually have a SE-135 acceptance mark. Some were numbered with the last two digits of the serial number; most were not numbered. Most collectors remove the right grip to check the back of the grip panel for an acceptance mark or number. Normally (as someone mentioned) it's not wise to remove the left grip because it's very easy to break the fragile area around the saety lever. The black plastic bottom fxo magazine (6-MM-fxo) is correct for your Luger. If the pistol was equipped with a concave pinned aluminum base fxo magazine (5-MM-fxo) it should not be numbered. If I were to find a 42-byf number 1234h with matching magazines, I would really have very strong second thoughts about these magazines. Mauser severly curtailed the numbering of Luger magazines after the - u - block of the 41-byf Luger production. Describe the aluminum magazine that you have with the gun and I will tell you it's history; color, aceptance marks, serial number and letter suffix. The holster should be dated 42 with a P 08 in the right corner on the back. The tool should be marked SE-135. My opinion. Good luck.