Walther P-38

I have an ac43 P38, all matching refinished shooter. Details in the thread below:
http://p38forum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=35241

My experience with shooting is great- using Subsonic 145 grain FMJFN. It has a fair bit of recoil, it's not a target gun.... so my groups are not exactly what I would like, but they're getting better.

This gun is more fun to shoot because of it's history, rather than it's accuracy. I can also imagine that as I get more used to shooting it, that performance in competition should be pretty respectable.

Anyway, my own experience is very positive! Other U-tube sources have also very positive comments on this gun- way ahead of it's time with many of it's design features used in more modern firearms :)
 
Small bit of info. The "X" stamped on captured weapons by the Russians is actually a stylized version of crossed M1891 Mosin-Nagant rifles, used by Russia as a property mark. Looked at closely, it can be seen that the lower part of the "X" is thicker, being the buttstock of the rifle in the original drawings.

Jim
 
^^Cool bit of information. I have been doing a lot of research on this gun and other WWI and II firearms. Fascinating stuff out there, and so much to learn.

Other than Gun Broker and Gun International has anyone found reputable companies dealing in quality war era firearms? One I found is called Pre98 Antiques, they have a nice inventory and appear reputable.
 
Yeah, and the CORRECT pronunciation for Sako is "Socko". I'll stick to (alerting Webster: new word introduction) Englishizing words from "far away places with strange sounding names". :)
 
Maybe just a regional difference, but I have always pronounced Walther as "Val'- ter", the first syllable rhyming with the English "wall", the second pronounced like the "ter" in "water". (When used as a first name, Walther is normally translated as Walter.)

Jim
 
My stepmother is a native German speaker (from Cologne). I will ask her about the pronunciation if anyone is that interested.
 
Pronunciation "Walther"

I have often heard this name "Walther" pronounced by native Germans as
between the English words "wall" and "pal" + "ter" as in "water"
 
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