Originally Posted by cmansguns

Sorry for a little thread drift, but once had a 41 byf (Mauser) Luger that was a "bring back" in prima condition, all matching #'s.

The collectors in those days called my Luger a "Black Widow" because of its black plastic grips (type 6 for you Luger collectors) and the black plastic magazine base. The magazine was unnumbered, and proofed fxo with Eagle 37 which denoted early war manufacture by CG Haenel, Waffen.u.Fahrradfabrik, Suhl, Germany.

So......still around after pushing 80 years, maybe (probably) rebuilt factory with all modern equipment right after the war, thanks to US $.