P38 Pistol Production: 1939-1953

[Pages:1]P38 Pistol Production: 1939-1953?

Type

Description

MOD HP MOD HP MOD HP MOD HP MOD HP MOD P38 AC 45

H PREFIX EARLY (ROUND FIRING PIN) .30 CAL (7,65MM PARA) ALLOY FRAME LATE SN PLACEMENT

ZERO SERIES

BANNER BANNER BANNER 480 480 (40) AC AC (40) AC 40 AC 41 AC 41 AC 41 AC 42 AC 42 AC 43 AC 43 AC 43 AC 44 AC 43/44 AC 45 AC 45 AC 45

1ST ZERO SERIES 2ND ZERO SERIES 3RD ZERO SERIES

DATE ADDED

NO DATE

DATE ADDED

STANDARD 1ST VARIATION 2ND VARIATION 3RD VARIATION 1ST VARIATION 2ND VARIATION 1ST VARIATION 2ND VARIATION

SINGLE LINE SLIDE

STANDARD (SINGLE LINE)

FN SLIDE W/AC OVER 43 or 44 1ST VARIATION 2ND VARIATION (CAP `A') 3RD VARIATION (MISMATCHED)

BYF 42 BYF 42 BYF 43 BYF 43 BYF 43/44 BYF 44 BYF 44 BYF 44 AC 43/44 SVW 45 SVW 45 SVW 45 SVW 45 SVW 46 SVW 46

1ST VARIATION 2ND VARIATION (STANDARD) 1ST VARIATION 2ND VARIATION 3RD VARIATION (MIXED WAA) 1ST VARIATION (ALL E/135) 2ND VARIATION(ALL E/WaA135) 3RD VARIATION

FN SLIDE W/AC OVER 43 or 44

ALL BLUE FINISH

ALL GRAY FINISH

DUAL TONE FINISH

FRENCH (BLUE OR GRAY)

FRENCH (BLUE OR GRAY)

L' BLOCK

CYQ CYQ CYQ CYQ CYQ CYQ CYQ AC 43/44 CYQ

1st VARIATION 2ND VARIATION 3RD VARIATION 4TH VARIATION 5TH VARIATION (FN FRAME) 6TH VARIATION (A-B PREFIX) 7TH VARIATION (ZERO)

FN SLIDE W/AC OVER 43 or 44 8TH VARIATION

CZ 46 AB/9

CZ MADE W/E-46/LION DDR (SUHL) `53

Made

SN Range

Rated

Comment

Walther Commercial

1,070 4,800 FEW FEW 17,000 1,800 1,200

H1051 TO H2071

7+

2068 TO 6924

7

2951 TO 3111 (SEE

10

6870 TI 6932

10

7012 TO 23999

6+

24093 TO 25812

7

025834 TO 027010

7+

Walther Military

RECTANGULAR FIRING PIN AND CROWN/N PROOFS EAGLE/N PROOFS-EARLY SN PLACEMENT-HI GLOSS BLUE VERY RARE...SOME MARKED `MOD P38' ON SLIDE LESS THAN 100 MADE...VERY RARE SOME WITH E/359 WAA...HI GLOSS OR MILITARY BLUE ALL LATE MILITARY BLUE FINISH ZERO PREFIX SN...FINISH IS TYPICAL ROUGH AC45 TYPE

1,000 1,300 10,000 7,380 FEW 2,620 6,000 14,000 25,000 70,000 15,000 21,000 100,000 80,000 50,000 20,000 120,000 250(?) 32,000

01 TO 01000 (?)

10

02005 TO 03478 (?)

9

03520 TO 013714 (?) 8

1 TO 7374

9

3419- 3478-5541-6078 10

7384 TO 9914

10

9988 TO 5883-A

8+

5942-A TO 9965-B

8

1 TO 4833-B

6

4833-B TO 4527-I

5

5015-I TO 9973-J

4+

1 TO 1806-B

4

2181-B TO 9197-K

3

1 THRU G BLOCK

2

LATE G THRU 310-M 2

218-M TO 9993-N

3+

1 TO 9496-L

2

9606-H TO 9872-H

10

1 TO 2789-C

2

2572-A TO 7874-A

2

2424-C TO 1351-D

2

Mauser Military

RARE...RECTANGULAR FP AND CONCEALED EXTRACTOR RARE...RECTANGULAR FP AND STANDARD EXTRACTOR STD FP...MIL/COM'L GRIPS...FEW WITH PAINTED SIGHTS LANYARD LOOP CAN BE ROUND OR RECTANGULAR ONLY FOUR EXAMPLES KNOWN RAREST MILITARY P.38 40' PANTOGRAPHED BELOW `AC' ON SLIDE STANDARD AC OVER 40 ON LEFT SLIDE AC ON LEFT TRIGGER GUARD-HI GLOSS BLUE HI GLOSS BLUE BUT NO'AC' ON TRIGGER GUARD MILITARY BLUE INSTEAD OF HI GLOSS BLUE ALL SMALL PARTS HAVE E/359 STAMPS E/359 NOT ON ALL SMALL PARTS (OVERLAP WITH 1ST) EARLY FRAME AND EARLY EXTRACTOR CUT LATE FRAME AND LATE EXTRACTOR CUT WALTHER CHANGES TO SINGLE LINE SLIDE CODE SOME WITH CZ BARRELS (FNH) OR FN FRAMES (E/140) FN SLIDE WITH STACKED DATE AND E/140 WAA STAMPS ALL MATCHING NO.S... PLUM COLORED FRAMES CAPITAL `A' ON FRAME SN INSTEAD OF LOWER CASE `a' MAJOR PARTS ARE MISMATCHED-SINGLE E/359 ON SLIDE

FEW 15,000 50,000 88,000

5,000 FEW 120,000 30,000 5,000? 10,500

34,500 5,500 500

4 TO 25

10

1 TO 4783 A

5

4958-A TO 2119-F

2

5197-F TO 1124-Q

2

1172-Q TO 6469-Q

2+

8563-P TO 8190-Q

2+

9964-Q TO 5280-B

2

5924-B TO MID `E'

2+

C-D BLOCKS - SEE

6+

EARLY `E' TO 2299-F 4+

INCLUDED IN ABOVE 4

INCLUDED IN ABOVE 4

1 G TO 4349-K

1

4405-K TO 9911-K

2

1-L TO 500-L

2+

Spreewerk Military

ALL SMALL PARTS WITH E/135 STAMPS - RARE BIG OVERLAP WITH BYF 43 EARLY FRAME + EARLY EXTRACTOR CUT ?OVERLAPS LATE FRAME AND LATE EXTRACTOR CUT FINAL STAMP IS E/WAA 135...NOT E/135 OVERLAPS PRIOR BYF 43 VARIATION...NOW/WAA 135 ALL BLUE...ALL WITH E/WAA 135 STAMPS DUAL TONE FINISH (BLUE/GRAY COMPONENTS) FN SLIDE WITH AC 43 OR 44 STACKED CODE RAREST OF ALL SVW 45 GERMAN GUNS MOST COMMON OF THE GERMAN SVW 45'S SAME AS BYF 44 DUAL TONE...EARLY E BLOCK FRENCH STAR PROOFED: MANY ODDBALL SLIDE STAR PROOFED: BLUE FINISH IS MOST COMMON NOT PROOFED...LAST PRODUCTION (IN FRANCE)

UNK 500 (?) 41,000 228,000 1,200(?) 15,000

8,000 1,500(?)

100

(2 GUNS RECORDED) 8+

? TO 486

5

546 TO 985-D

1

1584-D TO 9804-Z

1

334-X TO 1567-X

5

A-1 TO B-4835

3

01 TO 07971

4+

INCLUDED IN ABOVE 5+

001 TO 00100

6+

E/211 PROOF ON L. TRIGGER GUARD 5 OR MORE SMALL PARTS WITH E/359 STAMPS

EARLY FRAME AND EXTRACTOR CUT

LATE FRAME AND EXTRACTOR CUT PART OF 4TH VAR-FN FRAME WITH E/140 OR `M1' OR `m'

LETTER PREFIX SN

U' PROOFS...ZERO PREFIX SN PART OF 7TH VAR...FN SLIDE WITH STACKED DATE AC 43

DOUBLE ZERO PREFIX ? FEW KNOWN

Postwar Assembled

3,000 1 TO 3000

4 ASSEMBLED FROM PARTS...'46' ON RIGHT T.G. (1946)

FEW N-1000 TO N-1120 (?) 5+ LEFT TG HAS AB OVER 9 IN WREATH (EAST GERMAN-

SUHL)

Compiled by Orvel L. (Orv) Reichert, P.O. Box 67, Vader, WA 98593

TEL: (360) 245-3492

FAX: (360) 245-3702

E-mail: mr.p38@

Rev. 1/2005

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