There is a lot more WW2 surplus ammo going around in Europe than in the US, it seems. Especially since Norway and Eastern-Europe started cleaning their warehouses (and Interarms went out of business in the late nineties).
An average sealed WW2 box will do about 25 Euros. WW1 boxes, depending on condition and rarity can go up to 50. The rarest ones (like proof round boxes) can easily do 100+ on a good day.
Biggest problem at the moment is getting them out of Europe and into the US with current regulations.
We sell new brass 9x19 for about 25 cents a piece. A WW2 round averages at 1.50 - 1.60 a piece.
And when shooting WW2 ammo, you just may be shooting that rare batch of experimental or low production volume ammo without knowing it.
About barrel wear: Many 'captured' P08's spent most of their time in their holsters. Even during the final stages of WW2 the P08 was hardly considered to be an effective combat fire arm by most. And many had little or no desire to test the combat abilities of the pistol at all. The majority of souvenir guns was taken during disarming of rear echelon troops anyway.
On the other hand, on the Russian side, the gun saw more action and it isn't a surprise that the DDR had to replace so many barrels on their pistols. And, going back to an old discussion on the forum: I believe that barrels were changed out much more frequently than we usually think.
Also note that companies that imported surplus pistols after the war would have selected the best ones for resale and probably salvaged the rest for parts (or had them refurbished). This may also explain the larger number of good condition barrels on the US collector market today.
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