My byf 41 Luger

zeppelin5000 · 10-11-2018, 10:02 PM

Hey all! Thought I'd post some photos of my P08 I purchased earlier this year.

zeppelin5000 · 10-11-2018, 10:07 PM

More photos. All numbers match :-)

Norme · 10-11-2018, 10:16 PM

Hi Joe,
Welcome to the forum. That’s a nice looking byf41 you have there. It looks all correct to me. Your photos are great too, thank you for your post.
Norm

zeppelin5000 · 10-11-2018, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Norme

Hi Joe,
Welcome to the forum. That’s a nice looking byf41 you have there. It looks all correct to me. Your photos are great too, thank you for your post.
Norm

Thanks Norm!

HerrKaiser · 10-11-2018, 10:27 PM

Congrats on your first Luger, it is a very fine looking example!

DavidJayUden · 10-11-2018, 11:23 PM

Definitely a keeper.
dju

Chichaco98 · 10-12-2018, 01:51 PM

On my monitor, the finish on the pistol has a slightly greenish cast. Is that real or is it an artifact of the photography?

zeppelin5000 · 10-12-2018, 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Chichaco98

On my monitor, the finish on the pistol has a slightly greenish cast. Is that real or is it an artifact of the photography?

Nah, it's the photos. I think it's the combination of the lighting plus I had to enhance them a little with a filter to brighten the photos up.

sdmark777 · 10-12-2018, 03:23 PM

Hey Zeppelin, I like your BYF '41. I have a BYF '41 with serial ending in 78 just like you!! We could swap small parts and still be matching ! ? (My '41 is a little later, 1878z) Thanks for sharing.

zeppelin5000 · 10-12-2018, 04:01 PM

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Originally Posted by sdmark777

Hey Zeppelin, I like your BYF '41. I have a BYF '41 with serial ending in 78 just like you!! We could swap small parts and still be matching ! ? (My '41 is a little later, 1878z) Thanks for sharing.

Haha! That's awesome :-) that's true about swapping parts!

jussi16 · 10-13-2018, 07:06 AM

Hi.
Are the mags matching? A really nice pistol.

kurusu · 10-13-2018, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jussi16

Hi.
Are the mags matching? A really nice pistol.

In a byf 41 they are most likely unnumbered.

zeppelin5000 · 10-13-2018, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jussi16

Hi.
Are the mags matching? A really nice pistol.

Thanks, it's an unnumbered fxo mag. By the "y" block, that's what they would have been.

zeppelin5000 · 10-13-2018, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by jussi16

Hi.
Are the mags matching? A really nice pistol.

Here is a photo of the mag.

gunbugs · 10-14-2018, 12:39 AM

Here's my BYF 41 with a matching numbered mag. FXO straight eagle 37 Waa. Serial number 1991r. Nice gun overall. Seems there is no hard rule about numbered mags on these guns.

zeppelin5000 · 10-14-2018, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by gunbugs

Here's my BYF 41 with a matching numbered mag. FXO straight eagle 37 Waa. Serial number 1991r. Nice gun overall. Seems there is no hard rule about numbered mags on these guns.

That is true... from what I can find, they stopped numbering the mags about the "U" block.

10-11-2018, 10:27 PM	#5
HerrKaiser User Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: South Carolina Posts: 889 Thanks: 837 Thanked 899 Times in 435 Posts	Congrats on your first Luger, it is a very fine looking example! __________________ -QM

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Norme Always A Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Colorado Posts: 2,417 Thanks: 226 Thanked 2,607 Times in 933 Posts	Hi Joe, Welcome to the forum. That’s a nice looking byf41 you have there. It looks all correct to me. Your photos are great too, thank you for your post. Norm

10-11-2018, 11:23 PM	#6
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	Definitely a keeper. dju

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Chichaco98 User Join Date: Oct 2015 Posts: 21 Thanks: 1 Thanked 10 Times in 5 Posts	On my monitor, the finish on the pistol has a slightly greenish cast. Is that real or is it an artifact of the photography?

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jussi16 User Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Finland Posts: 250 Thanks: 77 Thanked 53 Times in 31 Posts	Hi. Are the mags matching? A really nice pistol.