#Walther p1 serial number ranges serial#
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Post war P1 grips were made of sheet metal. Initial production P38 pistols were fitted with walnut grips, but these were later supplanted by grips. The falling locking block design provides good accuracy due to the in-line travel of the barrel and slide. Two return springs located on either side of the frame and below the slide, having been compressed by the slide's rearward movement, drive the slide forward, stripping a new round from the magazine, driving it into the breech and, in the process, re-engaging the barrel ending its return travel with a fresh round chambered, hammer cocked and ready to repeat the process. The slide however continues its rearward movement on the frame, ejecting the spent case and cocking the hammer before reaching the end of travel. When the pistol is fired both the barrel and slide recoil for a short distance together, where the locking block drives down, disengaging the slide and arresting further rearward movement of the barrel. P38 made by, coded 'byf 44' with matching and leather holster The moving-barrel design mechanism operates by use of a wedge-shaped falling locking block underneath the breech. Besides a DA/SA trigger design similar to that of the earlier the P38 featured a visible and tactile in the form of a metal rod that protrudes out of the top rear end of the slide when a round is present in the chamber. The firing mechanism extracts and ejects the first spent round, cocks the hammer, and chambers a fresh round for single-action operation with each subsequent shot вЂ“ all features found in many modern day. Pulling the trigger cocks the hammer before firing the first shot with double-action operation. This lever can stay down, keeping the pistol 'on safe' or be immediately returned to the straight position, keeping the weapon safely 'ready' with a double-action trigger pull for the first shot. The shooter could chamber a round, use the safety- lever to safely lower the hammer without firing the round, and carry the weapon loaded. The P38 was the first locked-breech pistol to use a (the earlier double-action was an unlocked design, but the more powerful round used in the P38 mandated a locked breech design). Design details From an engineering perspective the P38 was a semi-automatic pistol design that introduced technical features that are found in other semi-automatic pistols like the and its sub-variant adopted by the United States military. In addition to the 9Г—19mm Parabellum version, some and some versions were also manufactured and sold. Several experimental versions were later created in, and, but these were never mass-produced. After a few thousand pistols the Heer changed all codes from numbers to letters and Walther was given the 'ac' code.

#Walther p1 serial number ranges code#

The third series pistols satisfactorily solved the previous problems for the Heer and mass production began in mid-1940, using Walther's military production identification code '480'.

#Walther p1 serial number ranges serial#

Walther began manufacture at their plant in and produced three series of 'Test' pistols, designated by a '0' prefix to the serial number. The P38 concept was accepted by the German military in 1938 but production of actual prototype ('Test') pistols did not begin until late 1939.

Development The first designs submitted to the German Army featured a locked breech and a hidden hammer, but the Heer () requested that it be redesigned with an external hammer.

The Walther P38 can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors: (1939-1945). The Manurhin P1 was produced on the same Walther machines and with the same Walther quality as the German P38 pistol, the replacement for the famous WWII P08 Luger.