Inaugural 1st post (BYF41) *UPDATED*

[guns3545]

Originally Posted by flagless

Hey Ed,

I'm slowly getting the pics up there. Full profile shots are definitely planned.

I don't believe it has a suffix. The serial is "1418" and "18" on a majority of the pieces except for the pin, side plate. etc.

I owned some German guns before that had DE or GEXXXX as a serial. This one does not have that. I hope that's what you are referring to.

I've given thought that if it's rare enough I may donate it to a museum.

Welcome to the Forum Deani.

Your gun may not have a suffix but there does appear to be a mark of some sort below the serial number on the front of the frame.. Please check it out and take a photograph of this area to remove any doubts as to suffix or not. The suffix, should it be there, will be a lower case scriptic letter.

The punctuation point between the P and the 08 on the side of the frame appears to be square, indicating a late in the year manufacture date. FYI, the early 41 byfs had a round punctuation point.

They made about 10,000 of these guns a month in 1941 so it is a fairly common variation of the P.08. The block of guns with "no suffix" was made in October/November or so. It was followed by 20,000 more guns with an a or b suffix.

Hope this helps. More pictures are always appreciated.

John