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i'm curious ,,what makes you think it's a byf 42 p-38? the p-38's were made thru 45 and AC codes are thru 45 and byf is thru 44,,the germans made a AC42 and a BYF42,,the police issued codes were byf43,byf44, ac43,ac44 and svw 45 and are more valuable than the military pistols because of limited production numbers ,,if you or the seller are dateing it by the code we would need to know what letter code it has,,eg ac or byf,if it's a ac42 then value for the pistol in excellent condition is 1300 according to the standard cataloge of military firearms add another 125-250 for a original holster mabey a little more for a matching holster,,and price should be around 2000 tops and unless with capture papers from a known general no way worth 6000,,the byf code 42 pistol is worth a little more and book value in excellent condition is set at 2200and again the same figures for a holster,,so being generous 2500 would be a fair value..mabey i'm missing something here but i think thats why this guy still has it,,it's way overpriced!imo,,but some people beleive that since it was picked up on a battle feild it's makes it worth a fortune,,but it comes down to real world prices and what you want and what you get are two sides of a coin.. when giving prices from books,,they are ment to be used as GUIDES AND RANGES not written in stone for every gun!i really think if you really want a p-38 to look around some more and i'm sure you will find one that has as much provinance for less money,,try gunbroker.com,,gunsamerica,,or auctionarms and see what you might find there ,,but as they say ..it's your money and i can't or won't tell ya how to spend it!
bigcurt
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