My dad gave me a 1939 9mm Mauser Luger (not a 'byf 42') that he'd won in a poker game at a local VFW. Evidently, the county judge who put it up for his poker loss took it off of a German officer in WWII. Quite good groups at 50 feet (when I was younger).
A 70 Series nickel plated .45 cal Colt Gov't Model that was made in 1974. Although I traded it to a friend in a fit of insanity, I got it back and still have it. In 2002 I "spiced it up" by putting a set of elephant ivory grips with antique nickel Colt medallions on it. And my friend who talked me out of it so long ago found another one and put the same grips on his.