The Coolest Cold War Heater in the West? Walther P1 [Review]

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Ever wanted a historic plinker with some pretty interesting history behind it? The Walther P1 might be right up your alley! A direct descendent of the iconic P38 issued to a good chunk of the various armed forces of Germany during World War 2, the Walther P1 wound up being the official sidearm of the Bundeswehr during the cold war, and is still reasonably available as a surplus pistol today!
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@pewpewtactical 4 жыл бұрын

More historical content? Less? More sandstorms? Darude's Sandstorm? Let us know below 😎👇

@wonderloaf 4 жыл бұрын

Pew Pew Tactical MOAR Plz.

@mr.c.3760 4 жыл бұрын

We need some solid AK content, get to work

@heinrichnitschke5485 4 жыл бұрын

Sure more historical gun content would be great. I would really like to know more about the operating system of the stg 44.

@216irish 4 жыл бұрын

Do more old shit

@rustyknifelover4463 4 жыл бұрын

Historic firearms are a great part of gun culture.

@johndewit5499 4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn't mind more old gun stuff

@spartaninvirginia 4 жыл бұрын

That loaded chamber indicator is basically the same as the one on the Walther PP series. And keep doing the historical stuff. It's always fun.

@sonar357 2 жыл бұрын

My first handgun, that I also used for CCW, was a Walther P1. Nice gun, handy, reliable and accurate.

@d4mdcykey 4 жыл бұрын

I recall my grandfather having one of these in a framed glass case, though I'm not sure if was the original model or one of the later iterations; he was adamant about no one touching his collection, but he did seem to hold this one in high regard.

@CaliPatriot88 2 ай бұрын

They're great pistols and just as useful for self defense as they have been for the last 60 years. Germany retired these in 2004 so I think that speaks to the confidence people have in these guns.

@battleelf6523 2 жыл бұрын

I used a Walther HP for self defense during an attempted car 🚗 jacking and it worked great.

@luismari5090 3 ай бұрын

Ive used this pistol since 1980 when Interarms were selling them for 225 in a colorful box with a hard holster. It is a wide pistol.

@marknerren402 4 жыл бұрын

The P38/P1 was a favorite pistol in quite a few Cold War era spy films. I like mine well enough. The indicator is handy in dark conditions as you can tell by feel the chamber is ready. Also, it seems to print better with 124g ammo. I am always interested in historical firearms presentations and I enjoyed this one.

@FrancisBecka Жыл бұрын

I'm still waiting for someone to come up with a modern centerfire semi pistol with a cool looking exposed barrel.

@FyukYiu 4 жыл бұрын

Yes to more historical firearm content.

@michaeldupuis7927 2 ай бұрын

One interesting design feature you didn't mention is that the pistol ejects to the left. There may be other semi autos that so as well, but I'm not aware of them.

@markwatson7652 3 ай бұрын

I just bought one of these and think it's absolutely one of the coolest (perhaps THE coolest) pistols I own. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. used to carry something like this, as I recall. I don't think it would be ridiculous to carry this in a concealed-carry situation, if I had the right clothing and a couple more magazines.

@mnpd3 3 жыл бұрын

When the surplus pistols were first imported I nabbed three of them.... a CZ52, a Bulgarian Makarov, and a German P1. I understand the P1's to be arsenal upgraded/refurbished P38's. Of course I would use the P1 in a defensive situation. It's as reliable as any handgun I own, and I see nothing antiquated about the design or function with the exception of the single-stack mag. I'm retired from a metropolitan police agency and know a little about firearms.

@Ed-ig7fj 10 ай бұрын

I love P-38s; I own 5 from various eras. It is my go-to-war gun: fast, accurate, and reliable. You have to test them for reliable use with hollow points, but a quick polishing of the feed ramp with a piece of Crocus Cloth wrapped around a pencil really helps. You have to train to get used to the heel magazine release, but it will keep you from accidentally dropping a full mag from your [insert gun name here] in a panic situation. The safety of the P-38/P-1 forms an "ear" which helps you get a grip on the slide when you are racking it. I have old hands, and they appreciate this help. Anyway, try shooting a P-38; you might just get hooked. Whatever you choose for a defensive firearm, train the way you'll use it and you'll use it the way you've trained. Stay safe! --Old Guy

@luismari5090 3 ай бұрын

The use of hot sub-machine gun was the issue. It would batter with rearward thrust and hit the frame by the magazine area causing eventual erosion on the area. I have had 2 and shot fine with any ammo. Change springs. Use winchester white box 115 . Its a good plinker.

@ethanialjanssen1599 4 жыл бұрын

More historical gun vids would be totes perf

@feltwedge Жыл бұрын

Good idea to replace recoil springs.

@Ando2k10 4 жыл бұрын

I like the reviews of older guns, or remakes of older guns. Especially when it includes information about how the gun has been updated for the more modern release.

@alexoliver7924 4 жыл бұрын

Love it. Great review and would love to see more more content on historical and modern reproduction firearms.

@silver4drrx828 4 жыл бұрын

YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS! Fucking finally! I love history and guns! I needs more! Shut your face John and make more!

@samreh6156 Жыл бұрын

Trained with one of those when I was a draftee in the German air force in the late 1970s, along with the G3, the MG3, and the 20 mm machine canon by Rheinmetall.

@ordinary_american 4 жыл бұрын

Hey, just wanted to say you guys have an awesome and unique website that is incredibly well rounded for gun owners...I've been tagging along since the early days. At first I thought it was one of those gimmicky clickbait "top 10 reviews sites" that bluster a ton, but quickly realized you guys did your homework and still manage to put out serious info in a way that is comprehensive, down to earth friendly, and fun to learn about. And you got a great channel going. Thanks a lot for helping us out. Keep up the good work!

@pewpewtactical 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@longshot7590 3 жыл бұрын

Just bought a minty P1 produced in 1980. Can't wait to go shoot the thing (9 mm ammo is not a problem in my house). If you really love seeing P-38's in action watch the first 3 original Bond movies, lots of P-38's and MP 40's. Gotta love this early 60's spy movies

@colinredfern7823 4 жыл бұрын

I would like to see more historical content. Especially if it is a throw back type firearm like the P1.

@woodystemms3799 3 ай бұрын

Even with the aluminum frame, it's a handful. That sucker weighs 28 ounces, unloaded. About 1.75 pounds ... for 2-handed plinking, or one-handed pistol-whipping.

@favpleasure 2 жыл бұрын

How rare is the 9x21 variant found one at pawn shop but I think it’s worth way more money

@jimhovater8755 Ай бұрын

The Walther P5 holds that title. I no longer have my P1 or my P4. I will never part with my P5.

@mobilemiall 4 жыл бұрын

Gun history is awesome!

@jgastelman8392 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed the historical detail in your video. Keep up the good work and keep the gun history lessons coming.

@pmedic523 4 жыл бұрын

Pretty cool info. Wouldnt mind picking one up. You said that I could get my hands on one in CA too....

@landonglick7174 4 жыл бұрын

4:17 “dust f***ing sucks” lol I died 😂

@0214Bub 4 жыл бұрын

More of this stuff would be great. Nice perspective.

@antonioallen1763 2 жыл бұрын

Historical history on handguns is very interesting. I would like to hear more.

@VCBird6 4 жыл бұрын

Have a P1 and an eagle marked P38. Both are excellent shooters :)

@chappy4944 4 жыл бұрын

Great video, great German firearm used right up until the 90’s for police and security work, I’d have no lack of confidence in it at any time. A new set of springs is always a good move if it’s seeing jams on extraction.

@jamesbranham2217 3 жыл бұрын

The history of guns and how they came about or evolved is pretty cool.. I like the idea

@derptothemaxclearly 4 жыл бұрын

Yes please!

@autoshotty 6 ай бұрын

While filtering down my collection of pistols. I kept my favorite shooters. The Walther P38, Beretta 92F and my Sig P226. See any resemblance ?

@alexrain1188 2 жыл бұрын

Want one of these. In Megatron colors

@ryth-2401 2 жыл бұрын

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@jeremysiegel10 4 жыл бұрын

High production value while providing good and accurate information on old guns like this one I'd love to see more, great job on this video

@markanthonypar-wise1499 4 жыл бұрын

Got to shoot this bc my girlfriends oldest brother collects historical firearms I really liked except the double action trigger it was very heavy , for me at least I carry the Beretta nano and that has a double action trigger but it's light . I agree it's really cool to see how an older handgun has modern features . Please do more of these videos

@justafellow797 4 жыл бұрын

i'd love some black powder weaponry on this channel, like a Martini Henri or a Springfield Trapdoor

@landonglick7174 4 жыл бұрын

4:19 “I don’t like sand its course and rough and it gets everywhere”

@brianedgett2134 4 жыл бұрын

I have no problems if you have more history guns

@SilentWolf486 3 жыл бұрын

If the P38/P1 is outdated and not worth using for modern self defense, then what of the older 1911?

@Ed-ig7fj 10 ай бұрын

That loaded chamber indicator is really quite simple; it is a small rod that is pushed out of the back of the slide a little by the cartridge in the chamber. It is there so you can wipe your thumb over the back of the slide in the dark and know the status of your gun. Oh, I must be the nut case he refers to in the end of the video. Yay. I am basing my comments on my decades of shooting these pistols. I also love revolvers, 1911s, Berettas, etc., so I am not "dying" on this hill; I just really appreciate P-38s. Thanks for making this video! --Old Guy

@derekseiders3597 4 жыл бұрын

Great video

@Johnny-jr2lq 4 жыл бұрын

More historical guns for sure

@osusteve8443 2 жыл бұрын

I found an old P1 for $300 in a pawn shop. I had to buy it. It is one of the old Walther P1s with French markings because it couldn't be made in Germany after the war. Was then shipped back across the border to be assembled. It has the old thin slide and does not have the pin to hold it together. I obviously have no clue how many rounds went through it before I purchased it. I've put about 500 through it myself. The best shooting pistol I own in 9mm or any other caliber. Almost no recoil. Action is smooth as a babys butt and it is by far my favorite firearm to shoot. Accurate... reliable... it doesn't get any better! This little baby sleep under my pillow every night. I KNOW it is going to fire and the round is going exactly where I'm pointing it.

@AlphaRomeoOneFive 4 жыл бұрын

Cool video and gun. I'm somewhat of a Walther fan boy so I enjoyed this video. However I'm not partial either way on older gun videos for the channel. So whatever you guys think is best is fine by me 👍

@johnvolden3846 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, historical firearms are fun an interesting. Bring more.

@mattmorse6849 4 жыл бұрын

Old guns are also cool

@DesertAvenger 4 жыл бұрын

Some more historical firearms would be pretty cool. Why not a piece on the SKS? It seems like something The Crown would allow you to get as well.

@nelson0110 3 жыл бұрын

Very Cool.

@blatherskite9601 8 ай бұрын

"surprisingly modern..." - or, nothing much has moved on since Walther designed the P.38 back in the 1930s. And the "European mag release" is good military practice, as it makes it much more likely that you won't drop the mag and lose it. Military action isn't a short-distance dynamic match where you can pick up mags afterwards. My 1941 P.38 had all kinds of failures to extract, until I fitted new recoil springs (back in 1980), and it has run perfectly ever since. The only drawback to carry of the P1 is it's width - two recoil springs either side of the rear frame makes it wide. I had a custom holster made, and then it was fine. Lovely gun. A real war sword, not a plinker by any means.

@454FatJack 2 ай бұрын

Euro mag reliece 😂, son have you heard John Browning and his automatic’s? Seem’s that no. 1911 is his first push button mag reliece. HS drop out WW 2 vet gun P38 Euro mag, we have 1911. Luger /Borchart 1893…

@robbstack 4 жыл бұрын

Yes, yes, yes... please do more historical content. As long as you still compare the older weapons sizes to historical fruits.

@libertysignandlighting 4 жыл бұрын

If you review more obscure guns, how would the keyboard warriors be able to accuse you of being a shill?? Always good videos. I dig it.

@pfffping592 3 жыл бұрын

ngl james bond fits more with a p38/p1 instead of a pp/ppk

@oliverstianhugaas7493 2 жыл бұрын

Imagine living in California and being interested in guns, it's like a Euro simulator.

@Johnny-jr2lq 4 жыл бұрын

The slide lock/release must be a issue with Walther. Because my PPQ m1 has the same issue. With that being said I still love my Walthers.

@fotomaker3 Жыл бұрын

The P38 was the 9mm evolution of the .32 caliber Walther PP designed in 1929.

@werre2 Жыл бұрын

mine is from 1977. Got it super cheap in unfired condition. Magazines were 8e a piece, a BW fabric holster was 5e. It's an ergonomic gun but it's not that great to shoot accurately. Seems to hit low with all ammo and the trigger is meh. Needs RN ammo, has feeding issues with weak loads and TC shaped bullets.

@jamesdeek7039 7 ай бұрын

Can this feed hollowpoints or modern ammo or is it still a crapper like the p38

@aloysiuswojocockowicz3855 2 жыл бұрын

What about the Walther P4?

@keithav1 4 жыл бұрын

More historical firearms is always a good thing.

@CodeRed001 Жыл бұрын

I was going to buy me one but they have gotten difficult to find and the ones i did find were being sold for 1000 by gun scalpers. God the state of firearms prices are so stupid. People pretending a m1 garand is some super rare firearm when we literally have warehouses stacked to the cealing with them.

@Jpwbn1212 4 жыл бұрын

Forgot to mention the left side eject!

@rhinoortiz 4 жыл бұрын

I'd like to see some more old firearms videos. I love me some mil surplus amd western style guns! Maybe leave out the sand storms though, lol.

@nicholasz1370 4 жыл бұрын

Old gun stuff. Wood and steel, for real!!! 😆

@2AOverland 4 жыл бұрын

Do the old gun stuff. Run it all tacticool though. Run that old Walther in drills with an AR

@d.b.1176 Жыл бұрын

Get in zee boxcar.

@brettdixon1592 3 жыл бұрын

I have a p1 and I have noticed that it doesn't like certain ammo brands. I had issues with Remington ammo, I've noticed the Remington ammo is a bit bigger than Winchester ammo or any European ammo brands. Besides Winchester ammo the Blazer brass ammo works fine and I believe the federal does too cuz I never had an issue with that. One possibility that the reason he was having issue with the federal ammunition is because maybe he wasn't clean very well. Even with 1911s if you don't clean it thoroughly they have a hard time ejecting or putting in a round into the chamber. one more thing I like to add don't ever shoot steelcase ammunition through your P1 or p38 because a few years ago I was shooting steel case and my ejector and the spring flew out of the gun and I lost in a tall grass where I was shooting and I had replaced a whole nother ejector spring the ejector itself and then there's like one other small little part that goes in with the spring. So again don't ever shoot steelcase ammunition through it.

@bill154cub 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome review, I heard the p38/p1 was better quality than the 08 Luger.

@ericmathis7740 4 жыл бұрын

More old guns please😁

@gunsandcommissions 4 жыл бұрын

Every now and then? - sure

@ArceezRC 3 жыл бұрын

Question on the finish- is this one refinished? It looks "newer". I'm looking at getting one and most the p1's I've seen look parkerized.

@bumsecks69 3 жыл бұрын

What steel target are you using? Does anyone know?

@Gieszkanne 2 жыл бұрын

The P 08 and the Walter PP/PPK both are earlier models and have the mag release on the side. So the heal release is not "european". Many european military pistols had this because its more safe in case of accidental mag release. That is and was a good idea because as a soilder you are likely have to crawl on the ground. Thats why the USP has a paddle release because its more safe against pressure but in a more handy position as on the heal.

@jeremym8154 4 жыл бұрын

"personal hill to die on"

@wonderloaf 4 жыл бұрын

I lik eet. Moar plz.

@debbie6353 2 ай бұрын

Mmm nice beard

@Turtl-ss4lj 4 жыл бұрын

*notification pops up* “walther p1” me: “I have no interest in this firearm.” *notices that it’s a pew pew tactical notification* me: “well, crap, guess I don’t have a choice but to watch!” Curse you for being so entertaining, you glorious bastards!

@future_phonk 2 жыл бұрын

More old gun stuff

@AshtonK1816 3 жыл бұрын

From the future, I didn’t even realize that the mask wasn’t a Covid thing.

@kumaug04 3 жыл бұрын

can i have some more pleeeease

@MrNedsaabdickerson 3 жыл бұрын

"Mil-Surp" quality stuff is far superior than any of the crap manufacturers pass for "Modern" firearm. Today you have to spend thousands of dollars on boutique guns to get them to run like "Mil-Surp" guns did when they were new.

@siestatime4638 4 жыл бұрын

The "newer" versions (reinforced frame, thicker slide) came about to handle NATO-spec ammo; they are *PROBABLY* OK for +P (at least in small quantities), but I certainly wouldn't go with +P+. Personally, I've developed a 9mm wimp load for my historic firearms that cycles them reliably with little stress. These (P.08, P.38, P1, etc) are plinkers and range toys; there are better firearms and calibers for self defense and hunting.