Buy a Walther P38 as soon as you can.

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These are diamonds just waiting to be picked up. The flood of them coming in from former Soviet bloc are being sold at very attractive prices now.
Historic, reliable, and modern.
I can remember thinking that the $39.95 mail order Lugers would last forever (add $20 for Krieghoff) but they don't.

These P38's will also run out as have the SKS's.

Get one or more soon and I think you will be very happy.

edit: I am NOT referring to the $2000 ones in a wooden box in some of the magazines.
 
Interesting. Per a dealer in Austin, TX. These weapons were confiscated from the Nazis, cleaned, re-gripped and stored in cosmoline for 60 some odd years.
 
Yeah, well...

I've got a very nice P-38. Nearly 95%. (I collect some old pistols.)

Looks good, but like most P-38s, its only an ADEQUATE, at best, shooter.

(If the truth be known, I much prefer my "shooter" P-08 [Luger]. Far more accurate, easier to maintain, etc.)

Unless you're buying tje P-38 because its a scarce item -- in which case you better know what you're doing -- save your money. A Ruger P-95 or a CZ-75B is a much better investment, and will cost less, too...
 
Walt, I tried to make the post clear that I think it is a good buy because they will become scarce.
I don't think it matches the modern guns for shooting but still shoots very good.
Check prices in 5 years and see whether the P38 or the Ruger is a better investment.
Few guns are an investment, but many of them become one due to a temporary situation.

My P38 shoots far more reliably, if a tad less accurate than my P.08
 
AIM SURPLUS has them for $295 but I doubt that these post-war models will have a lot of collector value over time. They have alloy frames. like the similar P-1.

A generally good condition P-38 from the war period will sell in the $400 - $600 range, depending on markings, etc. Some will sell for substantially more if in choice condition. Condition dictates value, as does the presence of Waffenampt, the marks showing that they were accepted into military service.

A REFINISHED gun has little if any collector's value.

Just buying a P-38 because its a P-38, in hope of its later appreciating in value, is likely to leave you with a gun in your gun safe that you'll later regret having bought.

People said the same thing -- "Buy..."-- about Lugers a while back, until the ex-Communist Bloc countries flooded the market with captured P-08s which had been factory rearsenaled -- some pretty badly.

These guns are worth from $300 - $500 in excellent condition, but are NOT likely to appreciate greatly over the coming years. (A non-rearsenaled P-08, on the other hand, may really grow in value.)

Guns with collector's value are a special beast -- and you need to know what you're doing to not get ripped off...

Gun-buy tips are like stock market tips: be sure the person knows what he's talking about, and don't buy blindly.

Do a little research before you buy. And do a search of the net: there are a number of forums dedicated to WWII handguns and at least a couple devoted to the P-38.
 
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