Identifying Walther P38 markings... - Walther Forums
2012年6月25日 — Identifying Walther P38 markings... So, I picked up this Walther today at the local gun emporium. I tried to find out as much about the pistol as I can. Based off some ordinary resources: Welcome to the P38 Web Site.... the technical data sheet, production numbers, etc, I seem to have narrowed down that my pistol was a 1941 production Walther gun.
P38 Serial Numbers - Walther Forums
2011年9月24日 — 26074 posts · Joined 2007. #2 · Sep 24, 2011. The serial numbers on the P.38s only reached the 4-digit range after the three-digit range was completed ... from 100 straight up to 999. You are used to seeing four-digit serial numbers on these pistols because there are far more many of them than there are the three-digit guns, or the two-digit ...
p38 value and dating? - Walther Forums
2012年7月25日 — Oldest first. searcher451. 26074 posts · Joined 2007. #2 · Jul 25, 2012. Your pistol was made at the Walther plant in Zella-Mehlis in either February or March of 1943, one of 150,000 P.38s turned out by Walther during that year. Some of the threads in the FAQ section of this part of the forum may be of interest to you ... these two, for example:
How to tell if a P38 is from WWII - Walther Forums
2013年10月11日 — If it has an aluminum frame or is marked P1 it's postwar. A WWII version will have a steel frame and be marked "P.38" on the left front slide. It will be stamped with one of these factory codes "ac" (Walther), byf or svw (Mauser), cyq or cvq (Spreewerk). Welcome to the Forum. A couple added thoughts to milspec.
Post war P38/P1 serial numbers and dates - Walther Forums
2020年4月2日 — My problem is, for example, the first year of manufacture, 1957, six digits are present for the serial number, but in that year any P38 pistols I see have only 5 digits. It also says slides have different serial numbers than frames.
Some questions regarding my P38 before I take it shooting
2011年3月20日 — searcher451. 26074 posts · Joined 2007. #2 · Mar 20, 2011. Steve: You should be able to safely shoot your P.38 for many years without fear of breakage, so long as you don't run hot ammo through it. The 115-grain stuff that Winchester puts out in its White Box series works perfectly well in the P38, the P1, the P4, the P5, etc. It's a bit ...
Proof marks master list - Walther Forums
2009年3月14日 — Speaking of books, Dieter Marschall's "Walther Pistols Models 1 Through P99" does a nice job of detailing the various proof marks on the P.38 pistols of this era. You can get it for under $20 online from Ucross Books in Los Alamos, …
Walther p38 cal .22 - Walther Forums
2022年4月20日 — The standard P38 design was in 9x19, a cartridge that is commonly using a locked breech design. A .22 l.r. will not have the necessary energy to operate a locked breech design and is depending on slide weight and spring pressure. Your .22 unit is the conversion unit. It has the barrel insert that is normally inserted into the 9mm barrel while ...
Help! P38 slide stuck in fully closed position - Walther Forums
2016年2月28日 — P38 slide stuck in fully closed position. Hello! A few weeks back I posted about finding my father's "forgotten" WWII P38 (Spreewerk, late 1944). I was the last person to shoot it (1982) and the gun has been stored since. I cleaned the pistol a few weeks ago, dry-fired with snap caps. Everything seemed to work fine.
Is this P38 worth buying - Walther Forums
2023年7月18日 — If the magazine is correct, that's worth another $125 to 175. Try to buy a WWII safety, or P.38 barrel and you will understand why even a "shooter grade" P.38 is well above $500. Many gun forums always had buying and selling advice with flawed math, now it arrived here as well. In purchasing 2+2= 3 1/2 and in selling 2+2= 5.