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10-15-2004, 08:10 AM | #1 |
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Walther 6,35 pistol
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I'm a newby to this forum, well a friend of mine told to check here for infomations about a gun a friend gave me a couple of weeks ago. Here it is, certainly is a Walther, but i couldn't figure it out any product detail.I had checked on the Walther's page but still no match, well it looks like a Walther model 2 or 5, but a bit different, perhaps different contractors. I also found in a book about those markings on the receiver and barrel, the letter N+crown, that says that was intended for the civilian market. This is it. If you have any information, please let me know. Thanx Andrej Pics http://www.avc-sp.si/sang.htm |
10-15-2004, 09:38 AM | #2 |
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that would be a Walther Model 5...
Here is a photo of an identical gun that was sold by the German auction house Hermann-Historica a few years ago, but in much better condition. (Wish it were mine!) Welcome to the Lugerforum!
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10-15-2004, 01:12 PM | #3 |
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Thanks a lot.
I was wondering if it is possible to know something more. Well, this gun of mine, was a gift from someone who worked for the old Yugoslav secret service, who fought in WW2. I was looking to find out how did it get here in first place, well i guess it got here in WW2, but does anybody know if this kind of gun was ever used by any German army unit, since i found those markings being used for the civilian market. Ok, someone could bought it before going to the front, but i'm still wondering that is a pretty old gun for WW2, correct if i am wrong. |
10-15-2004, 03:20 PM | #4 |
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This gun may have been confiscated and retained by some member of the old Yugoslav Secret Service... I doubt that it would have been issued by them, for the same reason that you mentioned... it is an old gun. Probably someone's personal firearm.
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10-16-2004, 09:29 AM | #5 |
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Whoa!
I'm always seeing different little German guns here that I'd never seen nor heard about. Neat little gun. |
10-16-2004, 10:00 AM | #6 |
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Hi,
These little pistols were introduced by Walher in 1913 and were quickly replaced during WW1 with improved models. As it has a German commercial crown-N proof, it's most likely a WW1 private purchase or officer's side-arm (who were expected to purchase their sidearms themselves and favored small pistols for several reasons, one was that being seen publically wearing a pistol in plain sight was 'not done' in upper-class society). |
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Thannks a lot. That is a quiet interesting point.
Thanks again. |
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