Info on baby? Luger

joncon · 11-27-2022, 06:45 PM

I purchased a cut down Luger. It's a 1940 dated BYF42
It has a 3 1/4 barrel and a 6 round mag. I was wondering about the markings on it. It has what appears to be a flaming ball with a
script capital L or maybe a C in it. This mark appears on nearly all parts, barrel, side plate, toggle, frame, take down lever, trigger, etc. Has anyone seen these marks before and might know who did the work. The work on the gun is excellent. Thanks for any help.
The barrel is 3 1/4 instead of 3 3/4. doesn't have a BYF on it just 42.

hayhugh · 11-27-2022, 06:59 PM

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ithacaartist · 11-27-2022, 08:36 PM

A 3 3/4" barrel is to be expected in some configurations. This one is numbered in the early Commercial style, and was made decades before the rest of the gun. Your information otherwise is self-contradictory: byf marked toggles would be expected to appear with 41 and 42 only as chamber/mfg. year markings. Yes, post pics, please.

Vlim · 11-28-2022, 04:01 PM

It looks like the Belgian Liege proof for foreign guns to me.

So it may have passed through Belgium as a foreign import at some time.

11-27-2022, 06:45 PM	#1
joncon User Join Date: May 2020 Posts: 30 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 6 Posts	Info on baby? Luger I purchased a cut down Luger. It's a 1940 dated BYF42 It has a 3 1/4 barrel and a 6 round mag. I was wondering about the markings on it. It has what appears to be a flaming ball with a script capital L or maybe a C in it. This mark appears on nearly all parts, barrel, side plate, toggle, frame, take down lever, trigger, etc. Has anyone seen these marks before and might know who did the work. The work on the gun is excellent. Thanks for any help. The barrel is 3 1/4 instead of 3 3/4. doesn't have a BYF on it just 42. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by joncon; 11-27-2022 at 09:49 PM.

11-27-2022, 08:36 PM	#3
ithacaartist Twice a Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Atop the highest hill in Schuyler County NY Posts: 3,346 Thanks: 7,277 Thanked 2,578 Times in 1,365 Posts	A 3 3/4" barrel is to be expected in some configurations. This one is numbered in the early Commercial style, and was made decades before the rest of the gun. Your information otherwise is self-contradictory: byf marked toggles would be expected to appear with 41 and 42 only as chamber/mfg. year markings. Yes, post pics, please. __________________ "... Liberty is the seed and soil, the air and light, the dew and rain of progress, love and joy."-- Robert Greene Ingersoll 1894

11-27-2022, 06:59 PM	#2
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11-28-2022, 04:01 PM	#4
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,988 Times in 1,205 Posts	It looks like the Belgian Liege proof for foreign guns to me. So it may have passed through Belgium as a foreign import at some time.