German WWII Era P38 to share

**Rescue190** · 02-09-2019, 04:28 PM

Small collection of good condition P 38 pistols to share. Starting top left.

AC 41 December 1941
AC 42 August 1942, 98% with capture papers
AC 45, March 1945 spare mag, capture Papers
byf 43 May-June 1943
byf 44, March 1944
byf 44 April-May 1944
byf 44, Feb 1945 production, very late war, E/WaA135. proofed. The last letter block that was proofed before being capture by the allies
cyq August 1944
John

**rbminis** · 02-09-2019, 04:31 PM

A very nice selection John!

Congrats on assembling this collection.
I wish it were more simple to acquire these up here.
Ralph.

**severin** · 02-09-2019, 04:31 PM

Fantastic!

Do you a favourite? Hard choice I guess!

Jonathan.

**AZPhil** · 02-09-2019, 04:34 PM

Excellent collection of early to late production!

Semper Fi
Phil

**MAP** · 02-09-2019, 04:42 PM

That is a fantastic collection John. Do you shoot some of them?

**Martin Bull** · 02-09-2019, 04:49 PM

A remarkable collection ! Thank you for sharing the pics with us.

**Rescue190** · 02-09-2019, 04:59 PM

Do you a favourite? Hard choice I guess!

Jonathan.[/QUOTE]

by MAP

That is a fantastic collection John. Do you shoot some of them?

My favorites are the underdogs of Spreewerk (cyq) but really tough to be the wuality of the early Walther (AC)

Map I do grab one to shoot a couple of times a year. None are good enough to be safe queens. Thank you for the nice comments. I am going to dig out the P38 holsters since it is still -8F here
John

**Toecutter** · 02-10-2019, 06:12 PM

Nice collection John!,love them p38s!

**Toecutter** · 02-10-2019, 11:53 PM

John what is the letter block on your late byf44?Here is my latest Mauser P38 ,its in the e block,a SVW45 , with late pebble grain cxe4 holster.Mauser changed the code in 1945 to SVW on p38s but many leftover byf44 slides were still being used in 45.I had a matching byf44 in the early f block that I sold to an advanced collector a few years ago, it was the latest german produced one I had ever seen.

**BrodieBartfast** · 02-11-2019, 12:08 AM

Though these pistols tend to be overshadowed by the Luger in terms of collectibility, they are works of art in of themselves. I have only one; a deactivated 'cyq' produced in July of 1944. How very fortunate you are, not only to be able to own such an extensive collection of P38's, but to be able to own them in working condition. Magnificent!

Regards, B.B.