byf-42
I called one of my go-to gun shops to see if he had anything "new" and he said he got in a reblued "parts Luger" and he wanted $400.00 for it so I told him to set it aside for me and drove on over.
When I got there he handed to me and the toggle assembly was just sorta flopping around....And yeah it was refinished. I checked the mags and one was a somewhat rare one so there was about $275 all by it's lonesome so I peeled him off $400.00 and took it home.
I tore it down and noticed right away that the coupling link/pin was missing so I dug into my Luger part box and found what I needed, installed them and it worked just fine. I ran down to my range with a couple mags and test fired it....Worked just fine.....It has a strong bore.
Other than the side plate it was a matching byf-42 (Mauser) Luger. 1942 was the last year for Mauser Luger production, then they concentrated on the P.38.
This was a "no block" being within the first 10K of byf 42 production. The second 10K would have been a-block, the next b-block, and so on....About 113K byf-42 Lugers were produced before Luger production at Mauser ended in about Oct-Nov of '42.
I'm still gonna sell the rarer mag as this Luger is only good for a shooter.....No collector value and I have plenty of run of the mill Luger mags.....I was digging through them and found the properly marked mag for a early "no-block".
I called one of my go-to gun shops to see if he had anything "new" and he said he got in a reblued "parts Luger" and he wanted $400.00 for it so I told him to set it aside for me and drove on over.
When I got there he handed to me and the toggle assembly was just sorta flopping around....And yeah it was refinished. I checked the mags and one was a somewhat rare one so there was about $275 all by it's lonesome so I peeled him off $400.00 and took it home.
I tore it down and noticed right away that the coupling link/pin was missing so I dug into my Luger part box and found what I needed, installed them and it worked just fine. I ran down to my range with a couple mags and test fired it....Worked just fine.....It has a strong bore.
Other than the side plate it was a matching byf-42 (Mauser) Luger. 1942 was the last year for Mauser Luger production, then they concentrated on the P.38.
This was a "no block" being within the first 10K of byf 42 production. The second 10K would have been a-block, the next b-block, and so on....About 113K byf-42 Lugers were produced before Luger production at Mauser ended in about Oct-Nov of '42.
I'm still gonna sell the rarer mag as this Luger is only good for a shooter.....No collector value and I have plenty of run of the mill Luger mags.....I was digging through them and found the properly marked mag for a early "no-block".
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