A byf43 "q" block with transitional waffenamts stamps. At approximately the same time Mauser changed
over from 1943 to 1944 they changed the waffenamt stamp from E/135 to E/WaA135. So you find guns with
the initial slide inspection being E/135 and the final inspection being E/WaA135. These transitional
examples are considered prized collector items. I also have a byf44 with transitional stamps. The
interesting thing about the two transitional guns is that they are only 29 numbers apart. I also have
a byf44 that was serial numbered before this byf43 and has E/135 for both slide waffenamts. I additionally
have a magazine that is double stamped and is the only example I have ever seen or heard of.
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