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more then half way through june and still no june purchases?

I dont find stuff to buy very often so it was nice to score these little puppies. After more then half a decade of searching for a really clean walther made p38 I finally picked up a 99% AC42 as well as a byf43 and a nicely used AC44...seems I made up for not having a single p38 for all those years. The quality of the 42 is amazing, would love to pick up a zero series someday.

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Klunk said:
wow....tres kewl

its neat how the finish slowly deteriorates as the production contnues

is there even a such thing as a '45 dated model?
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Yea, all three manufacturers made them until the end of the war but I believe byf (mauser factory) changed its code at some point...some of those late ones are real interesting. There are some cool stories of allied soldiers walking into the walther factory and picking p38's, pp's and ppk's off the rack...
 
Thank You, I also managed a M1917 Rem still in the Cosmoline from 1918. It's a real mess, but will post pics before & after the cleaning. Have a bayonet to match, I think...
 
A once of a lifetime deal at $700, but at $1000, so was yours. I'm sure mine is an RAF pistol as well (serial no.'s "W******", but mine does not have 'RAF' stamped beside the slide release like yours...
I've seen a few different variants of locations of proof marks & some with another colt emblem behind the serrations of the slide on the left hand side. Commercial pistols were used to fill the foreign contracts, so I guess slight variations were normal? The one thing I do know: Is that the British armours stamped just about every piece through inspection.
 
Actually, I got it for $900 - once in a life deal, like you said. It doesn't come out so well in the picture, but mine is also extensively proofed.
 
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