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Walther P38
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JuergenG
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Detailed pics of any markings will surely help.
"Matching serialized holster" = number inked into the flap?
Pics of this, along with stencilled markings, would be nice, too.
"Matching serialized holster" = number inked into the flap?
Pics of this, along with stencilled markings, would be nice, too.
JuergenG
NES Member
Made by Carl Walther, Zella-Mehlis in 1944. "ac" was the code for Walther at that time.
P.38's were made by Walther, Mauser/Oberndorf and Spreewerk/Sprottau. The Eagle w/ 359 under it is the WaA (Waffenamt) mark.
Your pistol is the 66,087th made by Walther in that year (numbering started at 1 through 9999, then 1a-9999a, 1b......).
Gunny sez
P.38's were made by Walther, Mauser/Oberndorf and Spreewerk/Sprottau. The Eagle w/ 359 under it is the WaA (Waffenamt) mark.
Your pistol is the 66,087th made by Walther in that year (numbering started at 1 through 9999, then 1a-9999a, 1b......).
Gunny sez
daltrey99
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1944 was a year that they made a ton of these great pistols. They are very common also due to the fact that most early years/variations went East and never came home. Like my pal Juergen says.....Pictures please!
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Yours is very close to mine. I do no know how many P38's Walther was making in a week in 1944, but since they are only about 4000 apart in serial number, they may have only been made a couple of weeks from each other. Here is the link to mine so you can compare it with yours. I would assume they would be very close in appearance.
http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/135444-New-Addition-AC-44-P38?highlight=
http://www.northeastshooters.com/vbulletin/threads/135444-New-Addition-AC-44-P38?highlight=
JuergenG
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Value is depending of three major criteria: Condition, condition and condition as well as
- unaltered original (no import marks or Russian capture, look for an "X" mark)
- % of original blue
- re-conditioned/buffed/re-blued
- original holster and type thereof
- Vet bring back w/capture papers
- market (currently lower in Germany than in the U.S.)
An ac44 is a run-off-the-mill code, certainly not as much sought as i.e. a 480 code,
a HP (Heerespistole, technical predecessor of the P.38) or a 0 or even 00 series.
- unaltered original (no import marks or Russian capture, look for an "X" mark)
- % of original blue
- re-conditioned/buffed/re-blued
- original holster and type thereof
- Vet bring back w/capture papers
- market (currently lower in Germany than in the U.S.)
An ac44 is a run-off-the-mill code, certainly not as much sought as i.e. a 480 code,
a HP (Heerespistole, technical predecessor of the P.38) or a 0 or even 00 series.
daltrey99
NES Member
Walther wanted to produce 10,000 per month. Total production for 1944 if I remember correctly was around 140,000. Obviously many were lost in the war but the later war specimens are more common (43-44, 45 as we know was a shorter production due to the end of the war)
