Totally out of element here..???

[mrerick]

In many cases a barrel that has some minor (frosted / dark) corrosion will shoot just fine and it isn't an issue. My 1943 vintage Garand rifle has a slightly corroded barrel, and it is a tack driver. Just needs extra cleaning attention.

I suspect that the dealer is looking for reasons to talk down the value of the P.38.

If it's all matching and in good finish condition it would be collectable and hold most of it's value.

The P.38's barrel/chamber assembly is easy to remove. The barrel and the locking bolt (in the white in this picture) are precision fit to the receiver.

Postino recently posted some articles about relining P.38 barrels for the .30 Luger caliber. (see post #10 in http://forum.lugerforum.com/showthre...highlight=p.38


Marc