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Walther P-38

asopasop Member Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭✭
edited January 2014 in Ask the Experts
I have a Walther P-38 "Zero" series, (1st production variation / serial number in the 1200's) I believe this pistol to be one of the very earliest test pistols manufactured in the series and I judge the finish to be about 75% TO 80% The weapon is fully functional / the mag and pistol are stamped identifyiing the pistol as Walther Waffenfabrik manufactured. All of the small parts that I can see are stamped "Eagle over 359". Can anyone out there help me to determine an approximate value of the pistol?
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I am looking to find a replacement grip for my AC 41 Walther P-38. The grip on it is not an original and i would like to find an original AC 41 Grip. Does anyone know where i might find one?
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    This weapon is a bring-back" and has been in a drawer since 1945. It is serial #62xx and is like new-all numbers match. My question; this ac/43 is chromed with absolutely no flaking. Is it possible this chrome finish is original ?
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have an elderly friend that wants to sell a Walther P-38 with the original flap holster. It has the eagle stamp and 359 on all parts. It also has a serial number 1369 and what I'm guessing as a model number Ac41. Any info/value/ would be appreciated. One box of shells have been fired in it in the last 40 years.Thanks, Mark
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I was in the army in Germany,my CO wanted to sell me his P-38, but I could not get approval from Battalion Hqtrs. The BC said it was a dangerous weapon in that the sear was unreliable and the pistol could go full automatic. That same thing did happen to a friend and me while shooting his P-38, it went full auto and emptied the clip scaring the hell out of us. As he recalls now he says the gun had a lever which allowed it to go full auto, I disagree. I say the sear failed. Does the P-38 have a full auto selector?
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have one of these that was probably mfg. in the 60's, 9mm (ser.# 323---. The Serrated "pull back" striations on the one side of the slide are not perfect. Came this way bran new. Is this a detriment or might it make it more valuable??
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I've recently been offered a supposedly unissued WW2, matching serial number Walther p-38, but I'm not sure of the price they want. No picture available, What might this item be worth ?
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  • asopasop Member Posts: 9,019 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hey guys my friend stumbled upon his dad's old Walther P-38, and we were kinda curious about it's history and it's possible value, the serial # is 3709a byf44. Any info would be greatly apperciated.
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  • fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,554 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    i woulds say no
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  • 62fuelie62fuelie Member Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The post war P-38 ( called the P-1 in W.German military and police) had an alloy frame and it did not stand up well to the battering of the unlocking system Walther used. An up-date to the frame was a steel cross-pin just above the trigger guard. The steel frame WW II and earlier are the best and most valuable.
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