EastCoast50 Posted August 1, 2021 Member ID: 25026 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 109 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 530 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 1028 Achievement Points: 7124 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 9 Joined: 09/13/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 02:53 AM Device: Windows Share Posted August 1, 2021 (edited) A friend of mine recently acquired a family-owned WWII GI bring-back P38. He took it to the range and it went full auto on him. Needless to say, it has issues. He turned to me for advice and handed me the pistol. I did LOTS of research. I determined that it's a July 1944 Spreewerk (aka Sprewerke) late-war production with matching serial numbers and German proof marks (CYQ and eagle/88). After disassembly, I found the following issues: Bent/deformed slide stop return spring, broken (sheared) safety catch/lever, and broken firing pin spring. The hardest replacement part to find was a WWII-era firing pin spring, but I found one in Russia. Waiting for it to arrive in a couple of weeks. All other parts I found on Numerich (gunpartscorp.com). According to Atarian’s Wartime and Post‐war Slide Part Compatibility Study, the post-war firing pin spring is compatible with this model, but I wanted to stay as close to original as possible. Pretty sure the grips are not original as I believe they should be brown in color for the manufacture timeframe. Anyway, here's a few photos and hope this info helps anyone having a similar issue with a P38. Edited August 1, 2021 by EastCoast50 spelling Hunter1948 and TheLastColdBeer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
major-mark63 Posted August 1, 2021 Member ID: 23233 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 21 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 2423 Content Per Day: 0.77 Reputation: 1899 Achievement Points: 19127 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 09/10/15 Status: Online Last Seen: 3 minutes ago Birthday: 08/11/1963 Device: Windows Share Posted August 1, 2021 P38 is the Walther pistol we play in WAW cod5?? EastCoast50 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
EastCoast50 Posted August 1, 2021 Member ID: 25026 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 18 Topic Count: 109 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 530 Content Per Day: 0.19 Reputation: 1028 Achievement Points: 7124 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 9 Joined: 09/13/16 Status: Offline Last Seen: Yesterday at 02:53 AM Device: Windows Author Share Posted August 1, 2021 12 minutes ago, major-mark63 said: P38 is the Walther pistol we play in WAW cod5?? If I recall correctly, yes. I haven't played COD5 in many months. ha During WWII, there were only three manufacturers of the P38 for the German army. Original design is by Walther, but Mauser and Spreewerk also made them during the war. major-mark63 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted August 1, 2021 Member ID: 489 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 547 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4668 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5849 Achievement Points: 41028 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted August 1, 2021 Matching magazine too? Those are special. German bakelite was in brown, but I've seen original black ones too, like the MP38's & 40's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
SparksHunter Posted August 1, 2021 Member ID: 28269 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 10 Topic Count: 7 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 83 Content Per Day: 0.06 Reputation: 124 Achievement Points: 894 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/17/20 Status: Offline Last Seen: 15 hours ago Birthday: 07/21/1956 Device: Windows Share Posted August 1, 2021 Here is a newer version. Shoots real nice! TheLastColdBeer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted August 2, 2021 Member ID: 489 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 547 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4668 Content Per Day: 0.88 Reputation: 5849 Achievement Points: 41028 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted August 2, 2021 Texting a retired police officer friend last night (also happens to be a firearms affectionate) and Cockney says all the wartime grips were brown, including machine pistols. Can't say he's wrong, he has several P-38s. His post war aluminum framed P-38s have black grips. Don't have any MP40s handy, but I'll have to look closer at the next gun show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
Snap Posted August 2, 2021 Member ID: 27916 Group: ++ Insurgency Admin Followers: 4 Topic Count: 10 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 398 Content Per Day: 0.23 Reputation: 340 Achievement Points: 2541 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 08/19/19 Status: Offline Last Seen: 55 minutes ago Device: Windows Share Posted August 2, 2021 Nice looking pistols. Were these standard issue to the German officers in WWII? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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