Opinions needed: What happened to this P-38?

alanint · 04-11-2013, 08:31 PM

It looks like a production error, which would not be unheard of in the German's haste to turn pistols out in 1943. I say this because there are no stress marks, cracks or folds, which would surely be evident if someone had tried to bend this after the initial cooling, hardening had taken place. If may have been overheated during production then was overly bent during machining.

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04-11-2013, 08:31 PM	#2
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	It looks like a production error, which would not be unheard of in the German's haste to turn pistols out in 1943. I say this because there are no stress marks, cracks or folds, which would surely be evident if someone had tried to bend this after the initial cooling, hardening had taken place. If may have been overheated during production then was overly bent during machining.