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Walther P-38 9MM with holster and spare mag
Guns International #: 100774781 Seller's Inventory #: 6329
Category: Walther Pistols - 9mm Pistols
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Seller: Gun Sport Ltd.
Company: Gun Sport Ltd.
Member Since: 8/4/09
First Name: Jon
Last Name: Thomas
State: Texas
Zip: 79762
Country: United States
Phone: (432) 362-8696
Fax: (432) 362-8699
Number of Active Listings: 0
Total Number of Listings: 11045
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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Payment Types Accepted: All Credit Cards & Checks
Description:
The first designs submitted to the Heer (German Army) featured a locked breech and a hidden hammer, but the Heer requested that it be redesigned with an external hammer.
The final developmental stage in the P38's design history was the Modell MP/H (indicating exposed hammer). Apparently, only a few were produced before the army adopted the HP in 1938 (Modell Heeres Pistole—Model Army Pistol). The production relationship between the HP and the almost simultaneous P38 (Pistole 1938) is unclear and quite confused.
The P38 concept was accepted by the German military in 1938 but production of actual prototype ("Test") pistols did not begin until late 1939. Walther began manufacture at their plant in Zella-Mehlis and produced three series of "Test" pistols, designated by a "0" prefix to the serial number. The third series pistols satisfactorily solved the previous problems for the Heer and mass production began in mid-1940.
Early P38s were almost identical to the HP (which continued to be produced for "commercial sales," i.e., to well-connected Nazis). The major differences were different slide markings, an external extractor, a round firing pin rather than a rectangular one, a different configuration for the locking lever and slide stop lever on the left side, and a re-configuration of the grip panels.
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