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Lurks Often

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2. Depends

Reply to era veteran (Original post)

Fri Feb 3, 2012, 12:16 PM

Feb 2012

Are you buying it as a piece of history or collectible? Or are you buying simply to shoot?

As strictly a shooter, I don't think of the P38 as an especially good gun. The trigger is heavy and the sights are miitary and thus not very good for target work.

Also a Walther P38/P1 post war for $399 NIB is either a real steal or you are being taken for a ride. 2011 Blue Book indicates a 100% P38 to be worth $800; $675 for a P1

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Opinion Walther P38/P1 post war [View all] era veteran Feb 2012 OP

buy it! Great price and NIB is, I suspect, very rare. OffWithTheirHeads Feb 2012 #1

link era veteran Feb 2012 #3

Depends Lurks Often Feb 2012 #2

See above link era veteran Feb 2012 #4

Ok, that's a fair price for a P1 Lurks Often Feb 2012 #5

Awww hell. If I had a discretionary few hundred bucks I'd buy it OffWithTheirHeads Feb 2012 #6

Shoots like a dream era veteran Jun 2012 #7

I bought a P-1 from Century Arms International MrTwister Jun 2012 #8

Turned out to be real nice era veteran Jun 2012 #9

Woah, that's a dandy. MrTwister Jun 2012 #10

Mine was NIB era veteran Jun 2012 #11

Right. I saw those advertised MrTwister Jun 2012 #12

Got my at Bud's era veteran Jun 2012 #13