41 BYF safety lettering

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Originally Posted by Norme

Hi Steve, The lettering on Mauser Luger safeties was white filled until the end of production in 1942. Your missing paint is probably due to a past cleaning with a solvent. Here's a link to a recent discussion on this issue. As you can see, restoring the original ivory colored paint is no big deal. Regards, Norm

http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...testers+enamel

Thanks Norme, I had seen that thread, but wanted to make certain that the lettering was inlaid in white in the first place, before I restored it. I have seen pictures of "original" byf 41 Lugers with and without white lettering and this led me to wonder if they began to cut corners in the later years.


Steve.