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I recently bought a Walther, and the original owner described in his post that he installed a third party metal sights. I found the rear sight plunger is broken. I contacted him, but he claimed he did not know. (Is it true?) Anyway, this is not the point of my post.

I am thinking to get one replaced myself. Is there anyone experienced the service from Walther? Did you contact Walther USA or Walter Germany?

Any input is much appreciated. Thank you in advance.
 
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Don't discount your friendly neighbourhood gunsmith. Good ones can often fab and heat treat their own parts or get it done by others. The sign of a good gunsmith is in his shop. If he is a complete and unrepentant tool wh*re...you know he has to be good. Check out his calipers too - if they go to 5 decimal places +/-1 digit you will know he's serious. The best ones are borderline tool and die makers in their own right.
 
I own HK's and Walthers. Get parts name/number from owner's manual. Order from Wolverine, you'll get them in about 8 months. I typically order a small stash of critical parts.
 
There are a lot of post war Walther p38 pistol parts around. If it is a p38 service pistol. Sarco or gunpartscorp will have it.
Then go to a local gunsmith with just the slide to complete repair. Or mail it to one who knows p38s. Collected p38 pistols for over 40 years.
 
TheFlyingGen said:
I am wondering what's the critical parts for HK and Walther, as I own them too.

Thanks
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I can only refer to HK's, I don't have a Walther.

Pistols
You may need to replace a firing pin and extractor springs if you shoot a heck of a lot. I don't recall what round count the manual says to replace them but in general you can go well past this number. To do this you're going to remove a few pins and its a good idea to replace these when you do. The hammer spring and main spring as well.

MR223/HK 416
Piston rings (replace all 3 when they go). Firing pin spring and buffer spring. I was just at HK in Virgina and their head trainer also said the firing pin tips can become rounded after a while so you may need to replace a firing pin. Again, we're talking tens of thousands of rounds. This was the first time I heard about this but it came from the source. They service many guns there so they should know. There is also a part on the trigger group that wears. This is why they added the bridge on new guns. I don't recall exactly what part wore and what was causing it. Other than this they said if anything else goes its more of a one-off than something they'd expect to have worn.

I don't know much about other models.
 
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I can only refer to HK's, I don't have a Walther.

Pistols
You may need to replace a firing pin and extractor springs if you shoot a heck of a lot. I don't recall what round count the manual says to replace them but in general you can go well past this number. To do this you're going to remove a few pins and its a good idea to replace these when you do. The hammer spring and main spring as well.

MR223/HK 416
Piston rings (replace all 3 when they go). Firing pin spring and buffer spring. I was just at HK in Virgina and their head trainer also said the firing pin tips can become rounded after a while so you may need to replace a firing pin. Again, we're talking tens of thousands of rounds. This was the first time I heard about this but it came from the source. They service many guns there so they should know. There is also a part on the trigger group that wears. This is why they added the bridge on new guns. I don't recall exactly what part wore and what was causing it. Other than this they said if anything else goes its more of a one-off than something they'd expect to have worn.

I don't know much about other models.
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Thanks for your input. It's very informative. Just started to own HK and Walther, and thinking to stock some spare parts to keep it up and running, although I am not a heavy shooter.
 
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