Rare commercial P38?

Cincylance · 12-29-2004, 12:41 PM

Mark/friends,

Well, I spoke with my friend and told him I made this post. He will probably be joining this website soon. He said his P38 was never imported to Sweden and that it lacks the Swedish import marks. He also said that his holster is not a hardshell holster, but a brown breakaway holster that originally came with these contract P38s. He has been told that Sweden decided after pistols started shipping to use the hardshell holsters instead and that his original soft holster is extremely rare.
His P38's mag has no serial number. He believes his rig to be one that was made for export to Sweden, but was never exported. Maybe it stayed at the Walther factory with an executive employee and was picked up at the end of the war by a GI--who knows how it made it back here.
He has picks to post, so I'll try to get him to join this great site.

Thanks,
Cincylance

12-29-2004, 12:41 PM	#3
Cincylance User Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 32 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Mark/friends, Well, I spoke with my friend and told him I made this post. He will probably be joining this website soon. He said his P38 was never imported to Sweden and that it lacks the Swedish import marks. He also said that his holster is not a hardshell holster, but a brown breakaway holster that originally came with these contract P38s. He has been told that Sweden decided after pistols started shipping to use the hardshell holsters instead and that his original soft holster is extremely rare. His P38's mag has no serial number. He believes his rig to be one that was made for export to Sweden, but was never exported. Maybe it stayed at the Walther factory with an executive employee and was picked up at the end of the war by a GI--who knows how it made it back here. He has picks to post, so I'll try to get him to join this great site. Thanks, Cincylance __________________ Cincylance cincylance@fuse.net (home) lance_langdon@lpkdesign.com (work)