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Post by Henry88 » Mon Nov 19, 2018 5:55 pm

Hey gang, had a request from Redthies for a pic of the P-38 in my list, so I went out a took a few.

The story here is my dad bought it from another GI on the ship back home when there was an announcement that all the duffel bags were to be searched. My dad, taking the chance they would not search the 10k's of bags, bought it from the GI.

I believe he said he paid $50, which was A LOT of money back then to pay for something that could well get taken away.

The original story was it was crated (new) and all the GI's around grabbed one, the one selling it to my dad on the way home

BTW he had already sent (mail) back a Mauser along with the helmet and a few other things that he found on a dead German (no cool story :( ). Somehow I ended up with another Mauser, but none have been loaded/shot.

Anyway, back to the P-38, I gave the 2nd clip to best friend, big mistake. Every thing else is there. I've never seen one in better shape, but of course it's not a Walther, or Mauser, so I guess I'll put it out in the trash with my 1975 model 70, and my 70's hardtail strat :D

BTW, when I did some research a few years back I came up with it was made by Spreewerke in 1943 as a HUGE production run, the. Their claim to fame was the 88mm gun the Americans so feared. My dad hated the shelling the most. Maybe he wanted this as a trophy of payback :D

Edit to add: For some reason I was thinking 20rds/box instead of 50rds/box (pistol) so probably more like 200 total rounds :)
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Re: P-38

Post by CT_Shooter » Mon Nov 19, 2018 6:25 pm

Henry88 wrote: The story here is my dad bought it from another GI on the ship back home when there was an announcement that all the duffel bags were to be searched. My dad, taking the chance they would not search the 10k's of bags, bought it from the GI.
That's a great story, Henry88. Thanks for sharing it and the photos with us. It's a national treasure by way of provenance. It also shares some great company with your Fender and Winchester. Very cool. 8-)
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Re: P-38

Post by Shawlerbrook » Tue Nov 20, 2018 4:51 pm

Very nice ! I have a 1960’s German police P38. They are very cool.
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Re: P-38

Post by Henry88 » Wed Nov 21, 2018 1:57 am

The one I can afford has been called the army's greatest invention.............

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Re: P-38

Post by Sir Henry » Wed Nov 21, 2018 10:08 am

Henry88 wrote:.....but of course it's not a Walther.....
Your P-38 isn’t a Walther?
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Re: P-38

Post by Henry88 » Wed Nov 21, 2018 12:52 pm

Sir Henry wrote:
Henry88 wrote:.....but of course it's not a Walther.....
Your P-38 isn’t a Walther?
No SirH it is not. Many were also built by Mauser and Spreewerke, the latter being the German national munitions manufacturer. The Spreewerke are usually rougher than the other two. Towards the end of the war, the quality of all three went down, so the earlier the better, 1943 being pretty good (before the bombings).
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Post by Henry88 » Wed Nov 21, 2018 1:10 pm

Shawlerbrook wrote:Very nice ! I have a 1960’s German police P38. They are very cool.
Shawlerbrook, great to hear that. How has yours performed?

Mine has never jammed, failed to fire or eject, etc., but I haven't fired it that much, maybe 100 rnds (and my dad never fired it at all).

If it was busted out of a case, than the original GI would have been the only other person to fire it (if he did), and it looks the part.

LIke I said, you would be hard pressed to find one cleaner, and it would be $$$; priceless if a Walther.

Here's a side by side with my Legends P-08. Hard to tell which one is real............
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Re: P-38

Post by Sir Henry » Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:02 pm

Where was this one made?
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Post by CT_Shooter » Wed Nov 21, 2018 7:50 pm

Sir Henry wrote:Where was this one made?
Manufacturer "Mauser Werke A.G." (byf43 code Variation with acceptance E/135 approx. 162,000 pieces - year of production record)

http://www.tague.at/pistolen/en_index.h ... en_p38.htm
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