SOLD VERY EARLY RARE MAUSER MADE BYF42 P.38 GUN NUMBER 822!

IN 94% CONDTION, ALL MATCHING AND WITH THAT EARLY MAUSER DUSTY BLUE FINISH, WE HAVE A VERY DECENT EXAMPLE OF THE ELUSIVE AND VERY HARD TO FIND BYF 42 P.38 PISTOL.  THIS IS A VERY EARLY PRODUCTION EXAMPLE SERIAL NUMBER 822 WITH MAUSER PROOFED SMALL PARTS.  THIS EARLY GUNS ARE VERY TOUGH TO FIND.  YOU WILL ALSO NOTICE THE ROUGH MILLING WHICH IS TYPICAL OF THESE EARLY MAUSER EFFORTS TO MASTER PRODUCTION OF THIS PISTOL.  BY EARLY 1943 THE APPEARANCE OF THESE PISTOLS WAS MUCH IMPROVED.   OF COURSE THE PISTOL IS ALL MATCHING AND WITH A EXCELLENT BORE.  VERY FEW BYF42 CODED PISTOLS WERE PRODUCED AND THEY ARE TOUGH TO FIND.  WE USUALLY GET ONLY ONE OR TWO IN A YEAR.    MAUSER ONLY BEGAN PRODUCTION OF THE P38 AT THE VERY TAIL END OF 1942 SO THEY WERE JUST MADE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.  THIS CODE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TOUGH TO GET AND THIS IS A VERY DECENT EXAMPLE.