Firing Range Report

[Sieger]

Originally posted by tacfoley
[BMy brand-new, Walther-made P38 - all-steel and NOT alloy-framed - cracked the slide on the fifth shot out of the box. The replacement, that took seven months to acquire due to our very odd laws, lasted thirteen shots before cracking in the same place.

tac [/B]

Tac:

I didn't know that Walther made any new steel frame P-38s. Do you mean "brand new condition P-38"?

I, too, have cracked a slide on a byf 43 P-38. It cracked on the right side of the slide, just behind the locking block cut out (where the slide metal is thin). I must say that the ammo I was shooting that day was way too hot! My father had purchased it from someone at a gun show. It looked like Winchester white box, but definitely was not!!

Oh well, I could never get this gun to hold a group worth a crap anyway, so it really didn't mean a whole lot to me when it had the mechanical failure.

Sieger