I ENJOYED. YOUR VEDIOE ON THE P 38😊

They were actually made until the late1970s. My P1 is dated 1978. I have the later 'fat slide' version with the 'hex bolt' reinforcement. It came straight out of Bundeswehr stock in the original heat sealed plastic bag, with anti-rust paper wrapping, and 1 magazine.

I ordered one from Aim Surplus as soon as I saw their email Saturday morning. Excited to get mine.

I bought a brand new P38 (P1) in 1969. It was a cool gun, but only functioned reliably with full metal jacket bullets. Any JHP it was a jamomatic.

Test for the recoil springs is how well does the gun shoot. If the slide comes back with a bang, in an uncontrolled manner and may well not return to battery correctly, then the springs have crept and should be replaced. Mine (AC41) had 40-year-old springs and did just that; changed springs, and it was like new. Guess it's about time for another set of springs...

I was on the fence about these but decided to pick one up. I know I wont regret it. Glad to see more fun stuff coming in these days.

Why the hell can't every importer put the mark in the same spot or similar hidden spot...this is how they should be.

Very cool, glad you snagged one! The price was pretty good too.

I now feel old. I wont say what I paid for one "back in the day." I traded my post war P38 off when I got a war time one. The P38 is an awesome pistol, very similar to the latter Berreta 92. The best thing about the post war version is that they make great shooters. You don't have to worry about damaging an original war time version. Those are now crazy expensive.

I can only guess its a time/money thing with import markings. When they were bringing them in by the thousands it was easier to billboard them after atf decided the underside of the barrel was too easy to remove by swapping out the barrel. Now with smaller batches of surplus and collectors demanding less obvious markings its practical What gets me is they could have been doing it this way all along as i have a Luger impoted by RBI of Miami in 1989 with their mark placed on the bottom of the reciever extension. Youd never know it was there unless you take it apart.

Very nice! I just bought one myself, mine is made in 1972. I used to have an original "nazi" P-38, but some stupid idiot stole it a few years ago...So I bought a postwar P-38 because I can't find or afford another WW2 one. I put original WW2 bakelite grips on it though, to make it look more like a WW2 one.

reasonable price. Considering inflation. I remember buying mine in post war for 190 in 2002 and a WWII capture for 350 from century. I'd buy one right now, but my C&R is taking a while to renew. damn!

Hello Casual that is a beauty .. the price is right too. Thanks for showing and giving me the heads up.

Probably made between 1957 and 1963. Manufacture stamp should be on right side of slide above trigger - mine is a 2/59 designation-meaning Feb. 1959. The serrations on the slide stopping at the safety lever indicate a post war make from '57 - '63. Then they made a reinforced slide that has serrations going an inch past the safety lever from '63 onward.

New old stock slides, stripped, can be had for $20. They were cool to hide the import marks, but they still bother me. I’d still buy a stripped slide and replace it

The last P1 I bought was 299 out the door at a Gander Mountain. Like new politzi issue. Sold it for 450. "Can't have everything - where would you put it?" Stephen Wright

just ordered one myself for around $550! always wanted a p38 and it seemed like a good deal to me

I bought one from Aim Surplus the other day and got it next business day. Mine came in that same box which was imported by CIA.

I got one last week. It was in terrible shape. Rusted all over and the aluminum frame had almost no black paint left.

Hi -Please help, I’m a newbie to P38. I picked up a pair last week. One of them had a bad decocker switch. Decocker switch works fine when slide is locked/closed and in battery. Once the Hammer is cocked, The decocker stuck halfway: it does not go any further or down to safe to drop the hammer. Trigger still fire at halfway decocked. When the slide are locked back, decocker can be switch to Safe or Fire. The 2nd P38 decocker works smoothly and as it’s intended. Thanks in advance.

Did you just say they were going to be selling c &r licenses in the future

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This is a P1, the defining difference between the P38 and P1 was the frame. Once its alloy, regardless of markings the official nomenclature was P1

Is $629.99 too much for this gun in "very good" condition?

Wish it was super fast unboxing. 3 min before we see the gun??!!

Is this not a P-1?

You dropped the hammer while the gun is on S (safe).

We paid too much for this. CFS rated this as "good" condition, I'd rate it fair. As you can see, the trigger guard is all banged up on both sides. The right grip on mine has worn down to smooth without any checkering. Under the trigger guard on mine has fair amount of pitting on the aluminum. I'll never buy from them again.

Grabbed one, too. Keep making this content -- you're hitting the nail on the head w/ great milsurp vids.

It hurt watching you disassemble that gun. Hopefully you learned the correct way by now. Enjoy it

I have one It's very comfortable in hand but it's a piece of shit otherwise compared to modern 9mms or Lugers