P38 Serial Numbers Spreewerke Wiki
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Some early Luger and P38 magazines are serial number matched to the guns (late war ones were not matched mags), so check the mags against the guns before you sell. The left slide is marked P 38 with the cyq Spreewerke marking. The serial number 7844 on the slide is followed by an m. The left side of the receiver has the serial number 7844 also followed by an m. Any thoughts on German WWII P38 9mm Pistol CYQ (Spree Werke Factory) @ AIM Surplus? Curio & Relic/Black Powder.
The P1 used by the Bundeswehr The Walther P38 was in production from. After the war from 1945-1946, a limited number of pistols were assembled for the French forces in the French Occupation Zone (frequently dubbed 'grey ghosts' because of parkerized finish and grey sheet metal grips). Only after 1957 was the P38 again produced for the German military. Slowly over time, West Germany desired to rebuild its military so that it could shoulder some of the burden for its own defense. Walther retooled for new P38 production since no military firearms production had occurred in West Germany since the end of the war, knowing that the military would again seek Walther firearms. When the announced it wanted the P38 for its official service pistol, Walther readily resumed P38 production within just two years, using wartime pistols as models and new engineering drawings and machine tools. The first of the new P38s were delivered to the West German military in June 1957, some 17 years and two months after the pistol had initially seen action in World War II, and from 1957 to 1963 the P38 was again the standard sidearm.
I told him to hold it for me. When I went to pick up the HSc, I told him that I'd give him $500 because the finish was almost too nice to be original(.I had read that the finish on these last P38s was rarely nice and dark). Since I had talked to him, he had spoken to a more savvy surplus guy and that guy told him he'd take it for $550. He counter offered the original price and he'd throw in the transfer fee for the Mauser. Long story short, I walked out of there with two nice examples of German weapons. In my research, I learned of the die controversy; that was what made it interesting to me.
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Spreewerke P38 Markings
I had been watching them for a while. I really wanted a 1943 BYF(Mauser); but, they seemed to be going for $700 or $800.
Post War Walther P38 Serial Numbers
Instead of the usual byf44 code, these pistols carry the stacked codes 'ac 43' or 'ac 44' on the left hand side of the slide. The slides on all these P.38s were manufactured by the Belgium firm 'Fabrique Nationale d'Armes de Guerre' (FN) and it was there that they had the Walther code engraved, apparently by hand, due to the irregularities in the writing of the codes. It can therefore be assumed that they were destined for the Walther firm and re-routed to Mauser. FN never manufactured any complete P.38s. Instead they made some slides and frames.
Walther P38 Serial Numbers
Return of the jedi. • Balcar, Jan & Clarin, Ron The P.38 Pistol: Spreewerk Production, p.110. Retrieved 2014-08-26.
I just recently bought a P.38 pistol that I was hoping to get some guidance on, as I am fairly new to the P.38 scene. It is marked 'cyq,' which I have easily determined to be of Spreewerk origin from some basic research on the internet. Also immediately obvious is that Spreewerk did not date their pistols, though I have seen some references on other forums that a basic chart exists that enables someone to roughly date their Spreewerk pistol. Does anyone know where I could find this reference? All of the components match save for the magazine and have the the cyq code and 88 waffenamt. I would predict the finish to be at around 80-85%. I have seen pictures of similar P.38s from Spreewerk that are very rough aesthetically, but this pistol seems to be relatively attractive and without any major dings or cuts.