A crate of byf Lugers! Unbelievble!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Doug G. · 04-01-2005, 10:47 AM

I still am in shock that I was able to find this. You are looking at 28 consecutive serial numbered byf 41 Lugers. They are all in 100% new condition! I just had these willed to me by a friend. He was a former WWII Sergeant who said that he got these when they liberated an arms depot early in the war. I will post some more pics later on after I calm down. I also got the matching holsters and two black bottom mags for each.

Navy · 04-01-2005, 10:52 AM

You have been given a treasure. This set would go at auction for well over $1M in my estimation. Putimindabank!

Congratulations!

Tom A.

Ron Smith · 04-01-2005, 11:52 AM

Holy Smokes, Doug! Are you serious? The Mother Load....! Does your friend need another friend?

Ron

Luke · 04-01-2005, 11:53 AM

Doug -

Tell us this isn't an April Fool joke ! ! !

Luke

thegundude · 04-01-2005, 11:53 AM

:-O OMG!!!

Man, I wish I had your friends! Holy moly!!!

Congrats on that amazing gift!! I'm in awe.....

thegundude · 04-01-2005, 11:54 AM

Oh yeah, this HAS to be an April Fools joke!

:-D

If so, ya got me..... :-P

Ron Smith · 04-01-2005, 11:58 AM

If it is an April Fools joke.....? You're a Toad, Doug!!

And I've been fished.

Doug G. · 04-01-2005, 12:35 PM

APRIL FOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't believe that some of you did'nt remember what day it is!

Edward Tinker · 04-01-2005, 12:47 PM

Doug, I "wanted" to be taken!

You meanie!

OMG, can you imagine! Although this is a true story, Mark (?) said he came across the last couple of P38's that a guy had brought back? Mark, am I remembering wrong!

Ed

saxman · 04-01-2005, 06:39 PM

It's Mother LODE.

thegundude · 04-01-2005, 06:45 PM

Picky, picky..... :-P

fg42 · 04-02-2005, 02:01 AM

One of the greatest displays I ever saw was at the Brown Hotel in Kansas city. 2 wooden shipping crates sitting on the floor each holding 24 brand new U.S. marked 1895 Winchester sadle ring carbines. One had a 5/8" plexiglass lid screwed on top. the other the original wood top with the winchester logo and the shipping address U.S Army base Fort Wachooka (sp) Arizona. It caused a great ammount of disscussionas to there value. Two concecutively serialed guns were thought to be worth about 3 times the value of 1 gun. What facor do you use when you have 48 ?

Ron Smith · 04-02-2005, 10:34 AM

NO, I was right ...... It was a LOAD!

Tomathvl · 04-02-2005, 12:35 PM

Doug,
Just curious, where did the photo come from?
Tom

Doug G. · 04-02-2005, 01:21 PM

I just happen to own a Luger P-38 shipping crate and quite a few Lugers. So I put them all in there for a family photo. I then used my photo editing program to duplicate the byf toggles since I only have just the 6 byf's in my collection. I intentionally made errors in the pic so that could be spotted as a joke.

byf43 · 04-02-2005, 06:46 PM

That was evil......

But I guess we all dream of that

A whole box of brand new P08s never touched since they were placed in the box....(Homer Simpson drewl) aaaarrrrggllllll

DougT · 04-02-2005, 10:03 PM

Doug, you are a TURKEY! But then again, it takes one to know one. Great hoax!
DougT

Luke · 04-03-2005, 08:05 AM

Doug,

Somehow I just knew it was too good to be true; then I remembered the date . . . . . but not before I turned bright green.

Luke

Lugerdoc · 04-03-2005, 11:30 AM

Doug, Not beyond belief, if it were just after WW2. Years ago I purchased a 41BYF from a vet who claimed to have found a full case of unissued PO8s in storage at the airport where he was boarding his flight back to the states. Naturally, he wanted to bring back the whole case, but the pilot would only allow him one, and the rest were left on the runway, or so the story goes. TH

04-01-2005, 10:47 AM	#1
Doug G. User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 713 Thanks: 1 Thanked 53 Times in 17 Posts	A crate of byf Lugers! Unbelievble!!!!!!!!!!!!! I still am in shock that I was able to find this. You are looking at 28 consecutive serial numbered byf 41 Lugers. They are all in 100% new condition! I just had these willed to me by a friend. He was a former WWII Sergeant who said that he got these when they liberated an arms depot early in the war. I will post some more pics later on after I calm down. I also got the matching holsters and two black bottom mags for each.

04-01-2005, 11:52 AM	#3
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	Holy Smokes, Doug! Are you serious? The Mother Load....! Does your friend need another friend? Ron __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

04-01-2005, 11:53 AM	#4
Luke User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NC - USA Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 6 Posts	Doug - Tell us this isn't an April Fool joke ! ! ! Luke __________________ "Peace, if possible; truth, at any cost." . . . Martin Luther

04-01-2005, 11:53 AM	#5
thegundude User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Western NC Posts: 1,137 Thanks: 3 Thanked 16 Times in 3 Posts	:-O OMG!!! Man, I wish I had your friends! Holy moly!!! Congrats on that amazing gift!! I'm in awe..... __________________ Keep your knees in the breeze and your iron in the air. ~Steve

04-01-2005, 11:54 AM	#6
thegundude User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Western NC Posts: 1,137 Thanks: 3 Thanked 16 Times in 3 Posts	Oh yeah, this HAS to be an April Fools joke! :-D If so, ya got me..... :-P __________________ Keep your knees in the breeze and your iron in the air. ~Steve

04-01-2005, 10:52 AM	#2
Navy RIP Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Dc 'burbs in Virginia Posts: 2,482 Thanks: 0 Thanked 16 Times in 10 Posts	You have been given a treasure. This set would go at auction for well over $1M in my estimation. Putimindabank! Congratulations! Tom A.

04-01-2005, 11:58 AM	#7
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	If it is an April Fools joke.....? You're a Toad, Doug!! And I've been fished. __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

04-01-2005, 12:35 PM	#8
Doug G. User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 713 Thanks: 1 Thanked 53 Times in 17 Posts	APRIL FOOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe that some of you did'nt remember what day it is!

04-01-2005, 12:47 PM	#9
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,935 Thanks: 2,034 Thanked 4,533 Times in 2,093 Posts	Doug, I "wanted" to be taken! You meanie! OMG, can you imagine! Although this is a true story, Mark (?) said he came across the last couple of P38's that a guy had brought back? Mark, am I remembering wrong! Ed

04-01-2005, 06:39 PM	#10
saxman User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 301 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	It's Mother LODE. __________________ You can lead 'em to the water, but you can't make 'em drink.

04-01-2005, 06:45 PM	#11
thegundude User Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Western NC Posts: 1,137 Thanks: 3 Thanked 16 Times in 3 Posts	Picky, picky..... :-P __________________ Keep your knees in the breeze and your iron in the air. ~Steve

04-02-2005, 02:01 AM	#12
fg42 User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Iowa Posts: 90 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	One of the greatest displays I ever saw was at the Brown Hotel in Kansas city. 2 wooden shipping crates sitting on the floor each holding 24 brand new U.S. marked 1895 Winchester sadle ring carbines. One had a 5/8" plexiglass lid screwed on top. the other the original wood top with the winchester logo and the shipping address U.S Army base Fort Wachooka (sp) Arizona. It caused a great ammount of disscussionas to there value. Two concecutively serialed guns were thought to be worth about 3 times the value of 1 gun. What facor do you use when you have 48 ?

04-02-2005, 10:34 AM	#13
Ron Smith User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Orygun Posts: 4,243 Thanks: 118 Thanked 245 Times in 150 Posts	NO, I was right ...... It was a LOAD! __________________ I Still Need DWM side plate #49... if anyone runs across a nice one. What ~Rudyard Kipling~ said...

04-02-2005, 12:35 PM	#14
Tomathvl User Join Date: May 2004 Location: Milan, IN Posts: 363 Thanks: 3 Thanked 48 Times in 19 Posts	Doug, Just curious, where did the photo come from? Tom

04-02-2005, 01:21 PM	#15
Doug G. User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 713 Thanks: 1 Thanked 53 Times in 17 Posts	I just happen to own a Luger P-38 shipping crate and quite a few Lugers. So I put them all in there for a family photo. I then used my photo editing program to duplicate the byf toggles since I only have just the 6 byf's in my collection. I intentionally made errors in the pic so that could be spotted as a joke.

04-02-2005, 06:46 PM	#16
byf43 User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 69 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	That was evil...... But I guess we all dream of that A whole box of brand new P08s never touched since they were placed in the box....(Homer Simpson drewl) aaaarrrrggllllll

04-02-2005, 10:03 PM	#17
DougT User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: So. Cal. Posts: 171 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Doug, you are a TURKEY! But then again, it takes one to know one. Great hoax! DougT

04-03-2005, 08:05 AM	#18
Luke User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: NC - USA Posts: 1,239 Thanks: 0 Thanked 18 Times in 6 Posts	Doug, Somehow I just knew it was too good to be true; then I remembered the date . . . . . but not before I turned bright green. Luke __________________ "Peace, if possible; truth, at any cost." . . . Martin Luther

04-03-2005, 11:30 AM	#19
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	Doug, Not beyond belief, if it were just after WW2. Years ago I purchased a 41BYF from a vet who claimed to have found a full case of unissued PO8s in storage at the airport where he was boarding his flight back to the states. Naturally, he wanted to bring back the whole case, but the pilot would only allow him one, and the rest were left on the runway, or so the story goes. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 [email protected]