Thanks Spax
The only other P38s known to have the eage/18 marking are serial number 2514, 2596, 2630, 2894, and 2853.
The only other P38s known to have the eage/18 marking are serial number 2514, 2596, 2630, 2894, and 2853.
1 of 6 known P38s
Well I grabbed this last weekend. It is a early Spreewerk no letter P38. I'm told it is a bringback and the paper below is from who I got it from and is between him and the previous owner. Both are known avid collectors. Still we will just say the P38 is a non import marked, all matching one. The up strap/brown belt loop holster it came with is also more uncommon and rare. I'm pretty happy with it. Seller is a friend of mine and I walked away with the whole rig for $800. Well onto the pics
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Thanks! The thread over there was made by a moderator doing research. Is there any way you could register over there so you could share your knowledge and opinion on how the marking isn't unusual or "rare"? How many examples of it have you come across? Just curious. :thumbsup:Can't view the page.
From what I recall reading in "Pistole P.38 a její výroba ve firmě SPREEWERK" By Jan Balcar, Speerwerk did not make all the parts for their P38's and instead received them from other facilities as needed. So having minor part of from WaA18 facility would not be anything unusual or "rare" for Speerwerk P38s.
The book has been translated into English too, but it's quite pricey as result. I suggest you look into purchasing one if you want the most detailed research on Speerwerks to date.
I will throw up a few quotes from one page
Thus far only 5 have been found to exist until mine.
You like to dodge questions and answers to them. But I'm going off what seasoned P38 collectors are telling me.Gun itself it not rare beyond the production lot it was made under and using the parts allocated for the Speerwerk plant at the time. If you really want to feel all warm and fuzzy you can call it a "rare" locking block because it's WaA'ed as outsourced part rather than not being marked....It's about as "rare" as B barrel M39 that happens to have light plum color barrel instead of dark plum one.
where is the "like" button? :laugh:But if it belonged to pgaplayerless it would then be extremely rare. His books are infallible.
Pgaplayerless I linked you to a 6 page thread on P38forums on the topic at hand. If you are asking for newer factual research why haven't you started reading and posting over there? I'm sure they would love for you to share your knowledge on the E/18 topic.
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