It shows light wear and a few spots of pinprick surface erosion. The magazine in the pistol is marked with “P.38.” on its lower left side. We did not fire this pistol.īox, Paperwork & Accessories: This pistol comes with two 8-round single stack blued magazines, a black leather holster and paperwork. The double action trigger pull is a very stiff, and the single action pull has a small amount of creep.
Mechanics: The action functions correctly. Overall, this pistol rates in about Fine condition. The grip screw is sharp and the markings are clear. There is thinning on the edges of the safety/decocker and the magazine release, which also shows a few tiny marks. There is a tiny compression mark in the front strap, another in the bottom of the trigger guard and two compression marks in the lower left edge of the frame above the front of the trigger guard. There are several tiny spots of surface loss on the left side of the barrel and a scratch at the front of the slide on both sides. There is also minor thinning on the edges of the trigger guard and the front strap. The front edge of the barrel, front sight band and slide, and the top edges of the front and rear sights all show thinning. Overall Condition: This pistol retains about 94% of its metal finish.
Type of Finish: Blue, with the frame starting to develop a plum colored patina from age.īore Condition: The bore is bright and the rifling is sharp and deep. The grips rate in about Fine overall condition. The left grip shows a long scratch through the serrations and abrasions around the grip screw and lanyard ring. Stock Configuration & Condition: The grips are reddish brown serrated plastic that enclose the backstrap and with a slight thumbrest on the left side. Sights / Optics: The pistol is mounted with a flat topped “U” notched rear sight dovetail set to the slide and a Patridge style blade front sight dovetailed into banded base on the barrel. The left side of the front sight is marked with a “3”. The left ear at the rear of the barrel is marked with an Eagle holding a Nazi marked Globe. The bottom of the locking block is marked “743 / K” and the right side of the block is marked with an Eagle over “359”. The left barrel flat is marked with an Eagle over “359” mark and the front barrel flat is marked “2743 / k”. The right side of the slide is marked with two Eagle over “359” Waffenamts with an Eagle holding a Nazi marked Globe in the center. The left side of frame is marked “2743k” and with an Eagle over “359” mark. Markings: The left side of the slide is marked “P.38”, “2743 k“ and “ac 44”, which identifies this pistol as Walther made in 1942. Firearms shown here are for display and education purposed only.Action Type: Traditional Double Action Semi-Automatic (DA/SA) with Decocker and Removable Magazine Other brands, products, or service names mentioned are or may be trademarks or service marks of their respective owners. By the beginning of 1945 it had to be obvious that the war was lost, yet, as many as 40,000 more P.38s were manufactured at Spreewerk, culminating in the "0" Series. These late war P.38s occupy a unique place in history. The last wartime production at Spreewerk is referred to as the "0" series, also made in April 1945, and it is believed by many collectors to be a last gasp attempt to produce side arms for the Volkssturm, The Volkssturm was the German National Militia, set up in the last months of the war, made up largely of young boys and old men. The "a" prefix was made in March 1945 and the "b" prefix made in April 1945. After the plant ran through the alphabet they started back with lower case "a", but made it a prefix. This collection features a Y block made in January 1945 and a Z block made in February 1945. Many collectors like to focus on late war production.
By January 1945, the plant was into the Y Block.
WHICH YEAR IS MY P38 PRODUCED SERIAL NUMBER
There is detailed information available about which month a particular serial number and its' letter block were manufactured.
After 10,000, the numbering restarted again at 1 and the suffix A was added, then B, etc. CYQ P.38s were serialized starting with number 1, and produced in blocks of 10,000.
WHICH YEAR IS MY P38 PRODUCED CODE
Production started at Spreewerk with the assigned code of CYQ in June 1942. This post highlights the some of the last variations made by the Spreewerk plant in the final months of WWII. The three plants, along with the five years it was produced in volume, produced dozens of variations that are the focus of P.38 collectors worldwide. In total, the three manufacturing plants produced over 1.2 million P.38s, from 1938 to the end of the war. Designed by Walther, the P.38 was a replacement for the iconic P.08 Luger, which was costly and time-consuming to produce. W hen WWII broke out the Germans needed more than Walther could produce, leading to subcontracting the new 9x19 mm gun out to Mauser and Spreewerk.
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