original take down lever on P38?

[milcollector84]

Is this take down lever (sorry I don't know its technical name) original to an AC43 P38? I have not seen any before with this concave diamond.



it was brought back by a medical officer.

Matt

[NDShooter]

Looks normal to me, I've never seen that before either.

[Bill Grist]

Perfectly correct P-38 takedown lever...BILL

[NDShooter]

I agree with Bill, I've just never seen the diamond before. Could be a unique peice there.

[Wagriff]

The lever is fine. The diamond mark could be an importer's mark?

[octavian]

import marks were normally behind the hammer. The take down lever is normal.


import mark is normally below the hammer on the grip

[NDShooter]

I'm going to say it was Hitlers own personal takedown lever.... thats what I was told on the other forum... hehehe.

[phil337]

Hi, i think this is a post war P38/P1 takedown lever, the post war examples do have this diamond shaped mark on the tekadown lever

[milcollector84]

Nice call phil. that definitely seems to be the case.

Too bad its not Hitler's personal P.38. I could've placed it next to the little paper NSDAP standarte I was once offered that was from Hitler's table at the Eagle's Nest.