Ku BYF 41 Dated Luger

[RAHamilton]

Gentlemen:

I am new to this board and really appreciate the wealth of information available to all Luger enthusiasts. I have been a "closet" collector of Lugers for some time, but know very little about them. One that I have, which I acquired several years ago is a BYF 41 dated Ku prefix Luger. I will try to describe it for your comments as best I can. I've been experimenting with my digital camera, but am unable to get enough detail and quality to post them.

The left side of the barrel and right side of the receiver bear the Luftwaffe proof mark, that appears to be a DE with an A in the center. No other proof or identification marks are present. It bears the SN-- Ku 4216 and all external and internal parts match. The only other unique feature of the numbers is the fact that the side plate bears the last two digits (16) and underneath is a smaller s/42.

It appears to be all original with the exception of the magazine, which is an unnumbered FXO E37 with a blue body and aluminum center pinned bottom.

I have read Jan Still's book "Third Reich Lugers" and mine fits nicely with the examples he shows on pages 97-104. I have no idea of it's present value and will try to download some pictures for those of you that are much more knowledgable than I in the near future.

If the moderator of the forum reads this message, I would like to change my user name as I mispelled it when it was submitted. Instead of RAHamiliton, it should be RAHamilton, with no second "i" in the name. Please let me know what I need to do to correct my inadvertant error?

Finally, thanks to all of you and I look forward to gaining greater knowledge in my pursuit of this fabulous weapon!

Best Regards,
Bob Hamilton