Questions about the byf 42 guns

Bill_in_VA · 02-04-2015, 08:45 AM

Another member just posted some photos of a nice looking f block byf 42 and that got me thinking. I also have an f block byf 42 - number 8229f. Other than a few of the smaller parts (sear, firing pin, axle pin) the numbers match.

Like the other member's f block byf 42, mine has wooden scales and an unmarked magazine (blued body with squared bottom, aluminum base plate pinned through the center, base plate marked as (I think) a police magazine.)

I know 1942 was the last production year of the P.08, but at what letter block did production cease? Also, at what letter block did Mauser cease including the bore diameter on the bottom of the barrel?
TIA

Frank · 02-04-2015, 03:14 PM

Hello Bill, 1942 Military Mausers (German Army) Production was completed at the end of the K-Block. Production continued for a Portuguese Contract into the M-Block and continued with a Bulgarian Contract into the N-Block.

The bore guage value ceased in the middle of the D-Block.

Hope this helps.

Bill_in_VA · 02-04-2015, 04:36 PM

Thanks, Frank.

02-04-2015, 08:45 AM	#1
Bill_in_VA User Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Southwest Virginia Posts: 387 Thanks: 801 Thanked 578 Times in 208 Posts	Questions about the byf 42 guns Another member just posted some photos of a nice looking f block byf 42 and that got me thinking. I also have an f block byf 42 - number 8229f. Other than a few of the smaller parts (sear, firing pin, axle pin) the numbers match. Like the other member's f block byf 42, mine has wooden scales and an unmarked magazine (blued body with squared bottom, aluminum base plate pinned through the center, base plate marked as (I think) a police magazine.) I know 1942 was the last production year of the P.08, but at what letter block did production cease? Also, at what letter block did Mauser cease including the bore diameter on the bottom of the barrel? TIA __________________ John 8:32 reive (riːv) vb (Military) (intr) dialect Scot and Northern English to go on a plundering raid [variant of reave] ˈreiver n e.g., " Some view the Border Reivers as loveable rogues."

02-04-2015, 04:36 PM	#3
Bill_in_VA User Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: Southwest Virginia Posts: 387 Thanks: 801 Thanked 578 Times in 208 Posts	Thanks, Frank. __________________ John 8:32 reive (riːv) vb (Military) (intr) dialect Scot and Northern English to go on a plundering raid [variant of reave] ˈreiver n e.g., " Some view the Border Reivers as loveable rogues."

02-04-2015, 03:14 PM	#2
Frank RIP Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Hot & Dry PHX, AZ Posts: 2,078 Thanks: 24 Thanked 164 Times in 87 Posts	Hello Bill, 1942 Military Mausers (German Army) Production was completed at the end of the K-Block. Production continued for a Portuguese Contract into the M-Block and continued with a Bulgarian Contract into the N-Block. The bore guage value ceased in the middle of the D-Block. Hope this helps.