Got me a Walther

[tgallmey]

I got a very nice Walther P1 the other day. Came with 2 mags and a holster. It looks like its hardly been fired and its the smoothest of these guns Ive ever felt. Thinking about splurging and getting some wood grips for it, I think it would look nice on it. I havnt fired it yet sadly because work owns my soul till after the holidays.

 

[Shoots4Fun]

Very cool pistol. Congrats. I like the all black, but wood grips would look cool too.

I'm curious how it shoots so let us know once you get it out to the range...

 

[ATM]

Nice. But remember...

...Being German it is pronounced Valt-her.

Walter is acceptable, but not Wall-ther.

There is no THHH sound in the German language.

 

[gunman41mag]

My friend has one & it shoots just fine

 

[superjoe76]

Thanks ATM, I didn't want to have to point out the obvious!

OP, nice shooter! Hope it works for you. I would love to own one of those things!

 

[Kagnew]

Nice. But remember...

I'll be durned. How could you tell how he was pronouncing Walther???

 

[ATM]

It's amazing what I know.

 

[Kagnew]

It's amazing what I know.

ESPN, eh?

 

[Mr Evilwrench]

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[TheJoker]

I got a very nice Walther P1 the other day. Came with 2 mags and a holster. It looks like its hardly been fired and its the smoothest of these guns Ive ever felt. Thinking about splurging and getting some wood grips for it, I think it would look nice on it. I havnt fired it yet sadly because work owns my soul till after the holidays.

Congratulations on your purchase.

The P38(..or the post war designation P1) when you think about it, represents a paradigm shift in handgun design. Starting with the Smith and Wesson model 39(...the design and development of which was a direct result of the US ordnance department's post war evaluation of the P38), the Walther P38 took the hand gun world from the revolver to the automatic. On the 1920s and 1930s Walther pistols, you find double action firing, hammer block safety, loaded chamber indicator and decocking lever. It was features like those included by Karl Walther that made the automatic more safe and more practical then the revolver and paved the way for the double action auto pistol boom that occurred in the late 20th century.

Yep...even the "Combat Tupperware" of the 21st century have their ancestry in the Walther P38.

Hey tgallmey, go to the Wolff Springs website and order a pair of new recoil springs for $12. These guns are old. The springs loose tension which causes excessive wear to the frame and locking block.

I just installed a set of the extra power variety in my February of 1945 Spreewerk P38. They brought a sluggish cycling war horse back to life.

http://www.gunsprings.com/Semi-Auto%20Pistols/WALTHER/P-38,%20P-5,%20P-5%20COMPACT/cID1/mID70/dID306

P.S. Yes on the wooden grips!

 

[2cool9031]

I often thought of buying one. Now all I have to do is convince myself that I need another 9mm.

 

[Kagnew]

I got a very nice Walther P1 the other day. Came with 2 mags and a holster. It looks like its hardly been fired and its the smoothest of these guns Ive ever felt. Thinking about splurging and getting some wood grips for it, I think it would look nice on it. I havnt fired it yet sadly because work owns my soul till after the holidays.

Probably one of the prettiest guns ever made. (And that's coming from a Beretta fanatic!)

 

[CandRFan]

Definitely a nice P1! I enjoy shooting mine very much, even when one of them pings an empty off of my forehead. I have two AC44 (made in 1944 by Walther) P38s and a P1. I also think that I'm getting a WWII holster for Christmas, so I can't wait for that.

 

[Fordtough25]

I have a P38 and it's a blast to shoot! Congrats and enjoy.

 

[Effingham]

I recently got my grimy little mitts on a P-38, and I *love* that thing.

Congrats on joining the love bandwagon.


Tony