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Rare Walther P.38 semi-automatic pistol in 9mm. and the u letter block.If gun is matching and bore is decent its worth about 750.00 IMO.Like Brodie said they have a rougher machine finish than Walther or Mauser but they are very collectable in their own right.The grips are different on cyqs than the other makers,having 5 broken lines around the grip screw instead of 6.The mag will have an eagle 88 mark on back of mag spine if the original mag.Here is my u block it has the later war 'cog' hammer,does yours have this?I see yours has a milled slide hold open,not sure when they stopped that and went to the stamped one like is on mine but mine is a late u block.Brodies example is an r block and the milled hold open would be correct.cyq was the only maker to have a blued locking block,the other makers left them in the white. Rare Walther P38 AC45 C Block Factory Mismatch Serial 9mm Luger Pistol.

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We ensured that the markings were the minimum required by federal law and we used a laser engraver to ensure that the required markings would be done professionally and not detract from the overall appearance or value of the P38.It looks good,the grips(by the color) look to be original for a u letter block cyq.Probably made around sept 44.These went into the second alphabet series early b block before production ended.Check to make sure locking block has last 3 numbers of ser. When we import marked these beautiful P38 pistols, we placed the import mark on the front of the frame just below the trigger.

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This will allow you to select your preferred manufacturer and date to help complete your collection. THIS IS A VERY EARLY PRODUCTION EXAMPLE SERIAL NUMBER 822 WITH MAUSER PROOFED SMALL PARTS. The condition of these P38s shows the level of care that the collector we purchased them from used to ensure his hand picked P38s were the very best available.Īs these P38s are collector status guns, we have taken the time to sort them by the manufacturer and date code. Its a Mauser P38 BYF 44 but no serial number.

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After the war, the French captured machines and parts of the Walther P38 pistols kept. Codes and Markings on Firearms Numeric Codes Codes by Letter A Z For Example: 925- WW-II German. At the beginning of 1944, the serial numbers were not reset to 1 but continued where they left off in 1943, which created two alphanumeric sequences in 1944. There is no pitting on any parts, and the bores are some of the best we have ever seen on any surplus guns. More than 1,200,000 Walther P38 pistols were made between 19. In this case, six lines are interrupted by the screw - correct for byf (Mauser) and ac (Walther) made P38s. 4 Note the pattern around the screw escutcheon. 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 guns, or the single-digit guns. Also note the early pattern extractor cut with the narrow milled slot at the back - this cut was eliminated on later production p38s. Like all P38s it is possible that the finish was redone decades ago, so we are unable to say with certainty that these have or have not had the finish redone. The serial numbers on the P.38s only reached the 4-digit range after the three-digit range was completed. WW2 Walther P38 - German side arm of choice. There are no Russian capture 'X' markings anywhere on these guns and there are none with any force matched serial numbers. During this inspection process, we have ensured that all original Nazi markings are intact and that all external serial numbers are matching. We have inspected each P38 that was imported and have begun to sort them based on the manufacturer date codes. We were able to strike a deal and now we are able to offer the finest P38's available in the world to our customers. During one of our buying trips in Europe, we had the good fortune of locating a small number of pristine P-38 pistols that were hand selected by the collector who owned them. Often the slide is actually date-stamped, which helps. A few steel-framed guns were in the s/n 500,000 range.

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Seen in the hands of Nazi soldiers in virtually every World War II movie the P-38 is one of the most famous firearms in the world. Generally speaking, and with some exceptions, it is pretty straightforward to correlate postwar P38 serial numbers with the date of manufacture, which began in 1957 s/n 1001 and ended in the early 1990s around s/n 475,000. The German P-38 Pistol was the standard issue service pistol of the German army during World War II.

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