Ben, not sure off the top of my head. Since you are picking up so many, I assume you have bought a book each time you have bought a luger?

 

I have a book coming Edward and will probably invest in more as Lugers will now become my main focus of collecting

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Can you recommend any good book for beginners? I have just ordered Lugers at random, I was told it was a good book for starters like me.

 

Type 5 fxo magazines with an un-numbered aluminum base or Type 6 fxo magazines with a black plastic base are found on 42 byf pistols. A very few numbered type 5 magazines will be found on early pistols but they are a rare exception as are numbered black plastic magazines.

I should add, in the interest of full disclosure that I am of the opinion that NO NUMBERED PLASTIC MAGAZINE BOTTOMS ever left the factory that way. FWIW.

John

 

Cheers John

So Would this spare mag that I got for my BYF 41 be better suited to the 42 gun?

 

Ben,

Perfect. Most 42 byfs are seen with this magazine.

John

 

Cheers for the info John, when I pick up the luger I will replace the aluminium bottomed mag on it and replace it with the one above, the mag does not match the gun anyway. Again thanks for the heads up

 

I should add, in the interest of full disclosure that I am of the opinion that NO NUMBERED PLASTIC MAGAZINE BOTTOMS ever left the factory that way. FWIW.

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There were two types of P08 that were issued with numbered black based mags; fxos with # in the base and unmarked black base Haenel-Schmeisser mags with three digits marked on the spine.

 

George,

I am certainly aware of the P.08 variations that left the factory (Mauser and Krieghoff) with magazines that had extruded bodies and a black plastic bottom and had a partial serial number pantographed on the body spine. These are well documented and legitimate variations.

However, I am not aware that Mauser ever shipped a 42 byf P.08 with an fxo magazine with plastic bottom (i.e. Type 6) that was serial numbered on the base. Serialization of magazines had stopped long before the Type 6 became standard issue. Even late issued Type 5 magazines with aluminum bodies shipped with 42 byfs were not serialized although you see a few on early production..

However, that is not to say that some well meaning armorer someplace faced with issuing a replacement magazine did not serialize them. Or for that matter any other person. I certainly have seen serialized fxo black bottom magazines; some well done and some not so much.

But, I am always willing to learn.

Respectfully,

John

 

John, not byf's but KU's.

 

Thread on numbered black plastic magazines:
http://luger.gunboards.com/showthread.php?26474-Numbered-black-plastic-magazine-study

 

here's some matching mags on a byf 42. nice looking pistol and the mags look correct to me. http://shop.pre98.com/product.sc?productId=219&categoryId=21

 

here's some matching mags on a byf 42. nice looking pistol and the mags look correct to me. http://shop.pre98.com/product.sc?productId=219&categoryId=21

Adrian, at first glance perhaps, upon enlargement the 7s are really bad. Both mags have been ground (although carefully) and re-numbered. Some dealers are making "matching" mags at an alarming rate, these guns change hands a few times and gain some "legitimacy" each time. Look hard if it matches. JB

 

Many agree that the numbering of mags ended around the "w" block of BYF 41 pistols.