This post highlights the some of the last variations made by the Spreewerk plant in the final months of WWII. The three plants, along with the five years it was produced in volume, produced dozens of variations that are the focus of P.38 collectors worldwide. In total, the three manufacturing plants produced over 1.2 million P.38s, from 1938 to the end of the war. We ensured that the markings were the minimum required by federal law and we used a laser engraver to ensure that the required markings would be done professionally and not detract from the overall appearance or value of the P38.Designed by Walther, the P.38 was a replacement for the iconic P.08 Luger, which was costly and time-consuming to produce. W hen WWII broke out the Germans needed more than Walther could produce, leading to subcontracting the new 9x19 mm gun out to Mauser and Spreewerk. When we import marked these beautiful P38 pistols, we placed the import mark on the front of the frame just below the trigger. This will allow you to select your preferred manufacturer and date to help complete your collection. The condition of these P38s shows the level of care that the collector we purchased them from used to ensure his hand picked P38s were the very best available.Īs these P38s are collector status guns, we have taken the time to sort them by the manufacturer and date code. There is no pitting on any parts, and the bores are some of the best we have ever seen on any surplus guns. Like all P38s it is possible that the finish was redone decades ago, so we are unable to say with certainty that these have or have not had the finish redone.

There are no Russian capture 'X' markings anywhere on these guns and there are none with any force matched serial numbers. During this inspection process, we have ensured that all original Nazi markings are intact and that all external serial numbers are matching. We have inspected each P38 that was imported and have begun to sort them based on the manufacturer date codes. We were able to strike a deal and now we are able to offer the finest P38's available in the world to our customers. During one of our buying trips in Europe, we had the good fortune of locating a small number of pristine P-38 pistols that were hand selected by the collector who owned them. Seen in the hands of Nazi soldiers in virtually every World War II movie the P-38 is one of the most famous firearms in the world. The German P-38 Pistol was the standard issue service pistol of the German army during World War II.

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