Pete mentioned that this is how he received it, so I wonder if a German soldier may have cut the holster back to be able to grab the pistol without having to use the removal strap arrangement. The only bummer is that someone cut part of the inside front edge of the holster away to make removing the pistol easier. Make: Mauser Model: Luger Model P. Lastly the brown holster is jhg 41 marked on the back and is WaA286 accepted. The loading tool is E/135 accepted and is in primo condition. The pistol came with two identical, fxo, extruded mags with black plastic bottoms and each one is E/37 accepted in two places. The barrel also has the 8.88 bore gauge marking on it for those keeping track. Completely matching and correct even down to the nice E/135 accepted wooden grips. This is a so called Russian Capture pistol that came over in the1960’s These are caricaturized by rebluing over heavily polished metal and may have markings that don’t seem to have any reason to be there, such as the letter 'X. The gun is a nice example of a 42 byf luger serial 2070d with some honest holster wear on the edges. He said this rig was handed over to him as is and has been together since then. Peter was a tank driver on an M10 tank killer towards the end of WWII and he says that he had the opportunity to accept the surrender of a number of German soldiers.
I know everyone says Buy the gun, not the story, but this story is compelling. All the various visible serial numbers are matching. The receiver ring is marked with the eagle/135 acceptance proof over byf/ 42. This is a very good example of a mid-WWII German 98K rifle manufactured by the Mauser Werke in Oberndorf. Luger mauser code byf 42 wwii german military 9mm description: german wwii luger military gun in 9mm,all original and all numbers are matching,97 orinal blue finish,nice bore and nice grips,fxo mag is period correct and not numbered to gun,military proof is eagle 135, with wwii military luger holster, a great vet bring back and a nice collectors gun,vet served in the 82 nd and 101 st airborne.I just picked up this 42 byf luger, holster, two mags and the E/135 accepted loading tool. A VERY NICE WWII BLACK WIDOW GERMAN LUGER RIG. There is some serial number over lap between the 41-42 code and the 41-byf code and it appears in the 'n' block. In February 1941 Mauser changed from the 42 code to byf, with two digit ' 41' dates are representative of the Luger contract production accepted by the German military in 1941.
I'm far from being an expert but may be able to say a word or two about Luger pistols. The highest serial reported up to date is 3800n IIRC. Civilian Mauser Banner 42's maybe, but byf 42? I'd believe it when I see and handle each and every one of them. Hard to believe there is a stash of 50 consecutive numbered byf 42 P.08's out there. Your byf 41 three digit serial number, was made after the 'z' suffix concluded and started again with no suffix.
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