Herr Walther
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I have not had any problems with my P.38's staying together. My AC41
First Variation, my AC43, my 100 Year Anniversary Model, and my 1978 P1 all have had many hundreds of rounds through them with no problems. I have spoke with many other collectors/shooters of the P.38 that have never mentioned this problem in the past.
I also have not had any galling problems with my P1. The rails look just as good now as they did when I bought it almost four years ago. Same for the Anniversary Model. The galling or cracking problems of the alloy frame must not have been too severe. Why would Walther have waited almost twenty years to modify the frame to accept the steel pin? This was incorporated in 1975 on the P4, (and later on the P.38 and then appeared on the P5 in '78) over twenty years after the alloy frame was introduced in '54. I've also not had any galling occur on my P5.
In addition, I have found that all four of my P.38's/P1 are very accurate and 100% reliable with factory 124gr ball. Most of the accuracy problems can be traced to the DA trigger that weighs in at an incredible 18Lbs on some war-time examples. The postwar P.38's and P1's had a somewhat lighter trigger, but still heavy by todays standards. 12 to 15 Lbs is not uncommon.
It takes some trigger practice to accurately shoot some of these handguns. You don't go out and shoot a 2" group at 25 yards with a P.38 your first time out, but it has been done.
I have not had any problems with my P.38's staying together. My AC41
First Variation, my AC43, my 100 Year Anniversary Model, and my 1978 P1 all have had many hundreds of rounds through them with no problems. I have spoke with many other collectors/shooters of the P.38 that have never mentioned this problem in the past.
I also have not had any galling problems with my P1. The rails look just as good now as they did when I bought it almost four years ago. Same for the Anniversary Model. The galling or cracking problems of the alloy frame must not have been too severe. Why would Walther have waited almost twenty years to modify the frame to accept the steel pin? This was incorporated in 1975 on the P4, (and later on the P.38 and then appeared on the P5 in '78) over twenty years after the alloy frame was introduced in '54. I've also not had any galling occur on my P5.
In addition, I have found that all four of my P.38's/P1 are very accurate and 100% reliable with factory 124gr ball. Most of the accuracy problems can be traced to the DA trigger that weighs in at an incredible 18Lbs on some war-time examples. The postwar P.38's and P1's had a somewhat lighter trigger, but still heavy by todays standards. 12 to 15 Lbs is not uncommon.
It takes some trigger practice to accurately shoot some of these handguns. You don't go out and shoot a 2" group at 25 yards with a P.38 your first time out, but it has been done.