WALTHER P1 VALUE SERIAL NUMBERS
WALTHER P1 VALUE SERIAL NUMBER
WALTHER P1 VALUE MANUAL

At this point, de-cock the hammer to allow the slide to be fully removed from the frame.

Disengage the slide lock if necessary, and move the slide forward only to the point where it would normally rest.

Swing the slide release located on the front left of the frame down and forward, noting how it aligns toВ allow the slide move forward and off the frame.

Remove the magazine via the bottom magazine release, and open action to ensure that the firearm is unloaded.

TheyвЂ™re well balanced, and even the aluminum framed P1 has very comfortable recoil. TheyвЂ™re still considered to be great shooters, and while not having the greatest DA trigger pull in the world, their SA trigger pull is extremely crisp, and has the shortest reset IвЂ™ve personally experienced. The top example is a wartime P38, and the bottom is a P1 produced in late 1968. As is visible, the grip design also changed from grooved to checkered. The major difference between the earlier P38 and the P1 variant is construction of the frame, which was switched to Aluminum in the P1. These were produced until 1963, when an updated design was adopted, referred to as the P1, which was finally phased out completely in 2004, replaced by the Walther P8/USP. 17 years passed before the Bundeswehr announced that they would be adopting the P38 as their service pistol, and in June of 1957 production of the P38 recommenced. The original wartime P38s were produced from 1938 to warвЂ™s end in 1945. More on that later.Д¬hambered in 9mm Luger similar to their previously used P08 Luger, this was a more powerful handgun than the other Walther issued to the Wehrmacht, the PP/PPK. This is also theВ earliest handgun IвЂ™m aware of which includes a Loaded Chamber Indicator (in this case, above theВ hammer). First produced in 1939 by Walther Arms to serve as the service pistol of the Wehrmacht, the P38В is a first-of-itвЂ™s-kindВ locked-breech semi-automatic pistol with a DA/SA trigger. The rear sight is also adjustable by means of a small screw.Lets move on last weekвЂ™s post in France to wartime Germany where weвЂ™ll be getting intimate with the Walther P38, and itвЂ™s post-war relative, the P1. An adjustable front sight is fixed on the frame by a dovetail.

WALTHER P1 VALUE SERIAL NUMBER

The serial number (500035) is only found on the right side of the slide next to a nitro proof. The decocking lever has a red dot painted which implies the presence of a safety, however no external safety is present.

WALTHER P1 VALUE MANUAL

The slide is stamped with P38 with a manual chiseled вЂњKвЂќ behind it.

The antler is the Walther inspection stamp and the third marking is the nitro proof. The number вЂњ74вЂі indicates the year of production (1974). Three markings are present on the triggerguard. This is also the case for the pistol shown here. Most early P38k pistols were fitted with wooden grips. The early P38k shown here doesnвЂ™t have the hexagonal pin installed. The function of this pin was to distribute the forces more evenly and thereby reducing local stresspoints. Cracking of these early frames was often experienced but Walther solved this problem by installing a hexagonal pin. It has a few characteristics that are not observed on the majority (later production) of P38k pistols and is therefore considered as a prototype. The serial number is 500035 and indicates that it was the 35th P38k ever produced. The pistol shown here is a very early production from 1974.

WALTHER P1 VALUE SERIAL NUMBERS

Only 2600 pistols were produced and the serial numbers are all within the range of 500000 вЂ“ 502600. Production of the P38-k started in 1974 and continued up to 1981.

No external safety is present on the P38k and the P4. The вЂњleverвЂќ on the P38k and the P4 are decocking levers only. The вЂњsafety leverвЂќ of the P38 is bifunctional (1) it is used as a safey and (2) it is a decocking lever. However, the P38k is in fact comparable to a Walther P4 platform. On first sight the P38k also looks like a P38 with a shorter barrel. The model designation P38-k suggests that the pistol is a P38 with a shorter barrel. The вЂњKвЂќ is an abbreviation for the German wordВ KurzВ which translates to вЂњshortвЂќ. One of the most interesting Walther pistols is the P38-K.

Walther p1 value