OT - P-38

[Marvin]

Bob,


I feel that they have been dip blued and that is what they are refering to as "mint" condition. The pistol is probably in perfect mechanical condition, but has the dip blue and import mark. You can buy a Mauser or Walther 1943 or 1944 pistol in 90-93% condition for less than $500. I would prefer the "un-dinked" with P.38 over Century's. The P.38 that had not been "dinked" with will be worth more in the future than the import marked one. A dealer would only want to give you $250-300 for the import marked one if you wanted to sell it and they would say they are difficult to sell. Now, the same dealer would be asking the same for this one as a common 1943 or 1944 P.38. My advice is to buy one that is not import marked and dip blued, the prices of the imports are too high to me.


marvin