1944 Walther P.38

[1srelluc]

I bought this one this morning. Nice honest wear. Excellent bore. I'll replace the recoil and hammer springs.

Likely made in February of 1944.

All matching except the magazines (came with two) that are both WaA135 (Mauser) marked.

I stuck it in a Hans Römer, Neu Ulm softshell holster I have on hand.

 

[BothWings]

Beauty! First gun I EVER shot was a P38, back in 85. It was all black. Minutes later my uncle also let me shoot his Radom P35. In all honesty I thought the Radom shot better...but the P38 sure looks better.

 

[1srelluc]

Beauty! First gun I EVER shot was a P38, back in 85. It was all black. Minutes later my uncle also let me shoot his Radom P35. In all honesty I thought the Radom shot better...but the P38 sure looks better.

The P-35 is more natural to those used to M1911s and points a lot better.

That and the P.38's sights are regulated to 124 gr fodder instead of the 115 gr stuff most folks tend to use these days.

 

[BothWings]

The P-35 is more natural to those used to M1911s and points a lot better.

That and the P.38's sights are regulated to 124 gr fodder instead of the 115 gr stuff most folks tend to use these days.

Radom products in general are INSANELY well balanced. I have a P83 which, when I balance it on the butt plate and the barrel with mag in it, and then tilt it to one side until it's within a Harris breath of falling over and then let it go and let it do the back-and-forth tick tock thing...if you know what I mean... It will sit there tick tocking for like 4 to 5 minutes straight! Eventually the oscillation becomes so incredibly fine in microscopic it's just a faint dididididdidit, with multiple oscillations per second, too fast or faint for me to really measure without some kind of device or slowing down audio or video. But it's freaking amazing! I've always wanted to document that in a video but I never did. It's important to find a good surface for it for best results. The best was on a tile-topped dinner table.

I used to work with an old guy who died about 10 years ago who had a p-38 himself, who told me that his specimen wouldn't even fully cycle without really hot loads in it.

 

[1srelluc]

Radom products in general are INSANELY well balanced. I have a P83 which, when I balance it on the butt plate and the barrel with mag in it, and then tilt it to one side until it's within a Harris breath of falling over and then let it go and let it do the back-and-forth tick tock thing...if you know what I mean... It will sit there tick tocking for like 4 to 5 minutes straight! Eventually the oscillation becomes so incredibly fine in microscopic it's just a faint dididididdidit, with multiple oscillations per second, too fast or faint for me to really measure without some kind of device or slowing down audio or video. But it's freaking amazing! I've always wanted to document that in a video but I never did. It's important to find a good surface for it for best results. The best was on a tile-topped dinner table.

I used to work with an old guy who died about 10 years ago who had a p-38 himself, who told me that his specimen wouldn't even fully cycle without really hot loads in it.

It had issues then. P.38s aren't even +P rated.

I bought a couple cases of Canadian .mil contract produced 124gr 9mm....It's really good stuff to run a P.38 with.

 

[mudwhistle]

Beauty! First gun I EVER shot was a P38, back in 85. It was all black. Minutes later my uncle also let me shoot his Radom P35. In all honesty I thought the Radom shot better...but the P38 sure looks better.

First gun I shot was a 30-30 Winchester lever action when I was 15. Open sights.