i have a dual tone mauser with the ac 43 on the slide with the eagles 135 i bought it from a ww2 vet [got lucky] bring back with 43 gxy holster and belt with [9] 9mm german shells does anyone know how many of the mauser ac 43 and ac 44 p38,s were made of the ac dual tone walther slide and would you call this a last ditch gun
dual tone p.38
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you may need to check your books i said that this was a mauser p.38 with a walther slide mauser has the 135 eagle and walther has the 359 eagle mine has the 135 eagle this is a all matching gun with the magazine with the p.38 u and v
i was told by a gun dealer that this was made in very late 1944 thats all he knew i cannot find anything else about this gun no one is selling them on gunbroker,auction arms, guns america,gun trader i wonder how many mauser dual tone were made with the ac walther slide thanks
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The ac 43 and 44 slides with 140 proof marks were made at the FN plant and sent to Walther, some ac 43 and 44 slides that weren't proofed wound up at Mauser and assembled and proofed in 1945. All dual tone P 38's marked ac 43, ac 44, byf 44 were assembled along with svw 45 P 38's and are in the same letter blocks that you find for 1945 assembled P 38's. I have a DT byf 44 in the e block and a DT ac 43 in the c block. What is the letter block on your ac 43? Mauser was using up all the left over parts at the end and makes for more variations for the P 38 collector to find.
hello gunrunner it looks like e block when i bought this p.38 i thought it was a ac 43 but was wrong the seller thought it was a ac 43 , it has under the slide MI stamped and grey slide and grey frame with blue barrel about 95-97 % thanks gunrunner
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